Dorena Genetic Resource Center

USDA Forest Service

Dorena Genetic Resource Center (DGRC) is the USDA Forest Service's regional service center for genetics in the Pacific Northwest Region (Oregon and Washington) (see Overview and Contents).

News "See Official Dorena Website at www.fs.usda.gov/goto/r6/dorena"

"DISEASE AND INSECT RESISTANCE IN FOREST TREES:� -� July 31 - August 5, 2011 Fourth International Workshop on the Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions in Forestry

Fourth International Tree Resistance Workshop

"2nd Announcement for IUFRO 2.02.15 (The Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines Tomsk, Siberia) Aug 8 - 18, 2011"

2011 IUFRO Meeting

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Services DGRC Provides include:

Development of disease resistance to exotic pathogens for native forest tree species. (see Program to Develop White Pine Blister Rust (Cronartium ribicola) Resistance and Program to Develop Phytophthora lateralis Resistance in Port-Orford-cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)).
Examine genetic variation of forest tree species native to Oregon and Washington.
Regional seed storage for individual tree collections of conifer species.
National Tree Climbing Program Web Site
Technology transfer and tours to public and private groups.

Publications

Port-Orford Cedar
White Pine Blister Rust
Other topics are also available through the above links

Dorena Genetic Resource Center
34963 Shoreview Road
Cottage Grove, OR 97424 U.S.A.
(541) 767-5700