The Canadian Forest Genetics Association (CFGA) has a Tree Seed Working Group (TSWG) that has been active since 1983. The TSWG publishes a News Bulletin on a selected theme biannually. The working group also hosts a Tree Seed Workshop at the biennial CFGA meeting. Through our objectives and activities, we support organizations to advance and maintain the capacity to deliver effective tree improvement gains, and conserve forest genetic resources for the future.
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The Tree Seed Working Group has four objectives on promoting tree seed science and technology through:
Input from our members is crucial to the relevance of our News Bulletin and workshops. Prior to the 2019 TSWG workshop, a survey was distributed and the following priorities were ranked (responses from ~20% of active emails 2019-2021, n=53 responses, 49 from North American jurisidictions).
The TSWG News Bulletin is our most recognized means of communication and has been distributed 1-2 times a year since 1983. More than 375 people currently receive our electronic News Bulletin at no cost. Members are mainly from Canada, but there are some from the United States, Europe, and a handful of other countries. We welcome and will solicit content from new and experienced tree seed researchers and operational staff in order to advance our knowledge base.
Joining our email listservs is easy and free, but does not constitute official CFGA Active Membership.
Request to join from CFGA homepage form or directly from the TSWG Google Groups listserv. Emails are infrequent Approved group members can then post time-sensitive announcements to the mailing list (jobs, events, urgent questions related to tree seed, etc). Spam and phishing accounts will not be tolerated.
This is not a peer-reviewed journal but for guidance, please refer to the TSWG Publication Guidelines – Oct 2022 or review recent articles. All past News Bulletins have been posted here, and are also available from the Library Archives of Canada. Recent articles and PDFs are listed below.
No. 72, June 2022: Seed Automation Technologies
No. 71, October 2021: Maximizing Seed Use
No. 70, January 2021: Seed Preparation
Recent Tree Seed Working group workshop and recorded event materials are archived below. Older workshops are summarized in News Bulletins or CFGA Proceedings. Feedback is welcome.
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Melissa Spearing2022-08-13 04:39:162023-12-27 14:32:262022 Challenges to our Future Tree Seed Supply
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Melissa Spearing2019-09-13 04:52:502022-10-13 05:31:432019 CFGA Tree Seed WorkshopThis working group represents a specialized field of research and operational practitioners. The following graphs indicate the total count of self-assessed seed expertise from the 2019-2021 Member Survey.
To support the delivery of effective future cone and seed services, we welcome members and equipment suppliers to add a profile via the form at the bottom of this page. Inclusion in this directory does not constitute an endorsement by CFGA or the TSWG.
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