Scientific meeting: “Effective use of the woody plant collections for northern areas”

     In the period from the 28th of June through the 1st of July 2011 the Nordic Arboretum Committee and the N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Industry organize a regular scientific meeting entitled: “Effective use of the woody plant collections for northern areas". The main purpose of the forum is to find new opportunities for preservation and use of PGR collections in changing climate conditions. The meeting will be also attended by representatives of various Russian scientific institutions with oral reports. The program, in addition to the scientific part that will be held at the VIR`s building, includes a visit to the VIR`s field genebank of fruit and berry crops located at the Pavlovsk Experiment Station, St.-Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy as well as the Botanical Garden under the V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute of RAS.

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