Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center |
Hardwood Tree Improvement
and Regeneration Center
715 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: (765) 496-6016
Fax: (765) 494-9461
E-mail: cmichler@fs.fed.us
or michler@purdue.edu
and Regeneration Center
715 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: (765) 496-6016
Fax: (765) 494-9461
E-mail: cmichler@fs.fed.us
or michler@purdue.edu
Mission
To develop genetic, molecular, and tissue culture technologies and forest and nursery management guidelines for improvement of central hardwood forest productivity.
Goals
- Develop hardwood (oak and walnut) molecular markers for use in determination of genetic quality and population structure of current natural forests and plantations, and quantitative genes in superior hardwood trees.
- Develop vegetative and tissue culture propagation technologies for use in genomics research and mass propagation systems for superior trees.
- Develop nursery guides for production of quality seedlings and forest management guides for regeneration and reforestation of degraded agricultural land and riparian zones.
- Develop breeding and selection programs for black walnut, black cherry and northern red oak.
