J. Turok, Bernd Degen, Silvia Fluch, Antoine Kremer, Barbara Vinceti, Gerhard Mueller-Starck, Birgit Ziegenhagen, Gail Taylor, Ricardo Alía, Jarkko Koskela, Christophe Plomion, François Lefèvre, Jaroslav Burczyk, Hans Peter Koelewijn, Michele Morgante, Felix Gugerli, Dušan Gömöry, Outi Savolainen, Stephen Cavers, Reiner Finkeldey, Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés (BioGeCo), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Bordeaux (UB), Bioversity International [Montpellier], Bioversity International [Rome], Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR)-Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR), Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria = National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA), University of Bydgoszcz (KWUB), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products, Georg-August-University [Göttingen], ARC Seibersdorf Res, Technical University in Zvolen (TUZVO), Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Partenaires INRAE, Ecologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes (URFM), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Università degli Studi di Udine - University of Udine [Italie], Technische Universität Munchen - Université Technique de Munich [Munich, Allemagne] (TUM), University of Southampton, Department of Biology, University of Oulu, and Philipps University of Marburg
article présenté lors de l'International conference "Forest ecosystem genomics and adaptation" EVOLTREE ; Madrid (Espagne) - (2010-06-09 - 2010-06-11) / Conférence; International audience; This article is a summary report of the international conference "Forest ecosystem genomics and adaptation" organized by the EVOLTREE Network of Excellence in San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid), Spain, from 9 to 11 June 2010. Main achievements and results of the network are presented for the eight thematic sessions and a stakeholder session. The conference has shown that adaptive responses of trees to biotic or abiotic selection pressures can now be investigated at the gene level for traits of adaptive significance. Candidate genes have been catalogued for phenological and drought-related traits in important tree families (Salicaceae, Fagaceaea and Pinaceae), and their variation in natural populations is being explored. Genomics can now be integrated in ecological research to investigate evolutionary response to climate changes in a wide range of species. New avenues of research were also highlighted as the exploration of gene networks involved in adaptive responses and the combination of experimental and modelling approaches to disentangle components of evolutionary changes triggered by climate change. The main focus of the conference was the adaptation of trees to environmental changes. The conference was organized in eight thematic sessions ranging from genomic approaches aiming at identifying genes of adaptive significance to practical issues regarding mitigation options for combating climate change. A dialogue between scientists and end users took place in the form of an ad hoc stakeholder session. A panel of end users from various forest and policy-making institutions expressed their expectations, and the discussions with the scientists addressed the potential applications of research findings to the management of genetic resources in the context of climate changes. The conference was introduced by two keynote speakers Dr. Pierre Mathy from the European Commission, Directorate General of Research, and Dr. Allen Solomon, former National Program Leader for Global Change, US Forest Service. All the thematic sessions were introduced by high-level invited speakers from the respective fields.