Cli­mate change pos­es a sig­nif­i­cant threat to Euro­pean forests, neces­si­tat­ing urgent action in (not only) Ger­man forestry. This project focus­es on devel­op­ing and refin­ing mar­ket-ready tech­nolo­gies for large-scale pro­duc­tion of robust larch and fir geno­types, inde­pen­dent of seed availability.

Key Objec­tives:

• Restruc­ture forests to enhance cli­mate adaptation
• Estab­lish long-term preser­va­tion of for­est genet­ic resources
• Opti­mize somat­ic embryo­ge­n­e­sis for clon­al plant propagation
• Cre­ate and pro­duce suit­able clon­al vari­ety mix­tures at scale

Project Base:

We’re build­ing upon a genet­i­cal­ly diverse clone col­lec­tion of cry­op­re­served larch and fir geno­types, ensur­ing a rich genet­ic pool for our work.

Our Approach:

• Opti­mize crit­i­cal points in the biotech­no­log­i­cal process chain
• Inte­grate all steps with par­tic­i­pat­ing nurs­eries and hor­ti­cul­tur­al enterprises
• Tran­si­tion from research to applied mass production

By advanc­ing these tech­niques, we aim to sig­nif­i­cant­ly improve the resilience and sus­tain­abil­i­ty of Euro­pean forests, con­tribut­ing to both eco­nom­ic via­bil­i­ty and envi­ron­men­tal con­ser­va­tion in the forestry sector.