CTRE 2017 - Iceland

Sunday                   
3 September

Arrival

18.00 - Registration and poster setup
19.00 - Welcome reception / dinner

Monday
4 September

Presentations / Field tour 1

7.00 - Breakfast

9.00 - OPENING SESSION
- Opening of the Conference. Gary Chastagner, Chairman of IUFRO Christmas tree working group
Forest Research Activity in Iceland. Edda S. Oddsdóttir, Director of Icelandic Forest Research
Download9.40 - Break

SESSION 1: Growth Conditions
10.00 Coning and shoot growth response of Fraser fir trees to paclobutrazol application. Bert Cregg Download10.30 - Somatic embryogenesis in Fraser fir (Abies fraseri): optimizing levels of abscisic acid, polyethylene glycol and maltose for maturation. Robert Thomas, Lilian Matallana, and John Frampton
Download11.00 - 'SE fluidics system' for plant production. Ulrika Egertsdotter, Cyrus Aidun
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11.30 - Evaluating nitrogen sources and using drones in Christmas tree production. Jill O'Donnell
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12.00 - Lunch

12.45 - Magnesium deficiency and foliar fertilization in Abies nordmanniana. Rune Vesterager Asmussen
Download13.15 - Effect of different cultivation practises on the survival and growth of Icelandic Christmas trees in the early growth stage on agricultural fields. Else Møller
DownloadSESSION 2: Market
13.40 Christmas tree market in Iceland. Jón Ásgeir Jónsson
Download14.00 Field tour – Eyjafjörður area: Christmas tree grower (Reykhús), Refreshments at Kjarnaskógur recreation forest (Skógræktarfélag Eyfirðinga). Nursery - Christmas tree market (Sólskógar)

19.30 - Dinner at Hotel Natur

Tuesday
5 September

Presentations / Poster session

7.00 - Breakfast

SESSION 2: Market (continuing)
8.30 - A Study on Expansion of Christmas Tree Demand in Korea Utilizing Big Data. Hyun Deok Seok.
Download Prospects of Christmas Tree Market in Korea

Download Forestry and Forest Policies in Korea

SESSION 3: Tree health (pests)
9.00 - Web blight on Christmas trees in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Gary Chastagner and Chal Landgren.
Download9.30 - Diseases, pests and nutrient deficiencies on Swedish Christmas trees. Martin Pettersson, John Frampton, Jonas Rönnberg, Venche Talgø
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10.00 Break

10.30 - Heterobasidion root rot predisposing noble fir to Cryphalus bark beetle attack. Justesen, Mathias Just Justesen, Iben Margrete Thomsen and Hans Peter Ravn
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11.00 - Evaluating “softer” insecticides for aphid control in Oregon, USA. Chal Landgren, and Judy Kowalski
Download11.30 - Rapid and reliable detection of three Neonectria species occurring in conifer and deciduous trees. Martin Pettersson, Venche Talgø, Jorunn Børve, Arne Stensvand, John Frampton, Jonas Rönnberg and May Bente Brurberg
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12.00 Lunch

13.00 - Species variation in susceptibility to the fungus Neonectria neomacrospora within the genus Abies – Danish experiments. Ulrik Braüner Nielsen, Jing Xu, Knud Nor Nielsen, Ole Kim Hansen, Venche Talgø and Iben Margrete Thomsen
Download13.30 - Inoculation of young Norway spruce rooted cuttings with Neonectria fuckeliana. Martin Pettersson, John Frampton, Venche Talgø, Bo Karlsson, and Jonas Rönnberg, Jonas
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14.00 - Family Variation in Resistance to Phytophthora root rot in Eastern White Pine. John Frampton, Martin Pettersson and Anne Margaret Braham
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14.30 Break

15.00 - Fantastic bugs and where to find them: the biology of chalcid seed predation. Lilian Matallana, Kelly Goode, Mathew Bertone, Robert Jetton and John Frampton
Download15.30 - Interactions Between Root Rotting Phytophthora, Abies, and Environment. Katie M. McKeever and Gary Chastagner
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16.00 Coffee

17.00 POSTER SESSION

19.30 - Dinner at Hotel Natur

Wednesday
6 September

Field tour 2

Thursday
7 September

Presentations / Field tour 3

7.00 - Breakfast

SESSION 4: Postharvest
8.30 - Effect of postharvest exposure to exogenous ethylene on needle loss from Christmas trees in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Gary Chastagner, Annie DeBauw and David McLoughlin.
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9.00 - Variation in the quality and keepability of wreaths made from noble fir boughs from low vs. high elevation sites in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Gary Chastagner and Marianne Elliott.
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9.30 - Christmas tree needle separation: A marriage that ends on the carpet. Lilian Matallana, Kelly Goode, Marcela Rojas-Pierce, Katie Coats, Gary Chastagner, John Frampton and Ross Whetten.
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10.00 - Break

10.30 - Postharvest Christmas tree research in NC. Jeffrey H. Owen
Download11.00 - Postharvest Characteristics of Summer-cut Abies procera and Abies nordmanniana Christmas trees in Dependence of Watering Treatments. Lawrence Ranson
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SESSION 5: Breeding and genetic
11.30 - Fraser fir cone control update. Jeffrey H. Owen.
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12.00 - Lunch

13.00 - Evaluation of cone control options in Fraser fir plantations. Dana Ellison.
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13.30 - Provenance variation in phenology and frost tolerance in subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) planted in Denmark and Iceland. Brynjar Skulason, Ole Kim Hansen, Ulrik Braüner Nielsen.
Download14.00 Seasonal development of cold hardiness and needle retention in Christmas tree plantations in Michigan. Bert Cregg
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14.30 - Field tour – Vaglir NF: Seed orchard in greenhouse, Natural birch forest, Icelandic forest service activity in Vaglir NF, for example Christmas tree production.

19.30 - Banquet at Hotel Natur

Friday
8 September

Presentations / Business meeting