Webinar, Trees For Me: European downy birch - hybridisation in warming climate
Professor emerita at the University of Iceland, Kesara Anamthawat-Jónsson, presents how knowledge about genetic hybridisation can contribute to the role of European downy birch in forests affected by global warming.
Date: 30 January 2026
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Organiser: Trees For Me
Location: Online
In the arctic environment, the species forms an expansive woodland keeping its ecological entity intact. In this talk professor emerita Kesara Anamthawat-Jónsson will present a brief overview of the work on introgressive hybridisation in Betula (birch) species from woodlands in Iceland, using botanical, cytogenetic, molecular and palynological approaches. Such hybridisation appears to have a positive effect in the context of reforestation in the ongoing climate warming.
The webinar will be moderated by Mateusz Liziniewicz, researcher in tree breeding at Skogforsk and project leader of the work package focused on tree breeding in Trees For Me.