OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

Annual Report 2012-13

Highlights of 2012-2013

  • Oguz Urhan defended his thesis and graduated with an M.S.
  • We completed the wood stiffness study of young Douglas-fir and western hemlock and submitted a manuscript for publication.
  • We completed the miniaturized seed orchard study and submitted a manuscript for publication.
  • We completed the stem form analyses and submitted a manuscript for publication.
  • We began the western white pine/Douglas-fir SNP marker study (CAFS)
  • We began working with Keith Jayawickrama and the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA) to (1) develop a next-generation SNP genotyping chip for Douglas-fir and (2) test genomic selection.