Kelsey Joyce
Private Forests Tasmania has scheduled a webinar called A guide to buying plantation species seedlings: How improved genetics can increase returns which will be held on 2 September. Source: Timberbiz
The webinar which starts at 12.30pm will be presented by Kelsey Joyce, Forico, Tree Breeding Manager, Somerset Nursery.
Mr Joyce has worked in the plantation forest industry for 30 years and worked in roles across the sector from: tree breeding, seed orchard management, nursery management, plantation establishment and management and plantation forestry research.
In his current role as Tree Breeding Manager at Forico he manages E. nitens, E. globulus, and P. radiata breeding and deployment programs as well as related research projects.
During this webinar, Mr Joyce will explain where the seed for plantation establishment is sourced from and provide a brief history of the tree breeding, how seed orchards are managed.
He will demystify terms such as: breeding values, trials, economic weights, royalties and non-propagation etc. and provide information that will assist you with your next purchase of seed or seedlings for plantation establishment.
Mr Joyce will present and discuss the following topics:
- The difference between breeding and deployment.
- Where seed comes from (programs, suppliers, seed orchards)
- Breeding values and how they are calculated.
- Specific markets to grow for.
- Royalties and non-propagation agreements.
- Whether it is a good investment to purchase improved genetics.
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