The genetic improvement of conifers continues to advance in Galicia. A milestone this year will be the upcoming planting on the mountain of 10,000 high-genetic-quality radiata pine plants, obtained through vegetative propagation (cuttings) via the Operative Group Piña. As part of this project, promoted by the Arume Foundation, a total of three fields of […] have been established.
The Galician Agency for Food Quality (AGACAL) has just approved a grant for the development of the project entitled “Operational Amplification of Traditional Pine Plant Seminal Production in Galicia” for an amount of €161,700. The project consortium is led by the Arume Foundation and comprises the Foundation itself and the Forestry Association […]
Antonio Rigueiro Rodríguez, president of the Galician Forestry Association and professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela, will give a lecture entitled «Sustainable Forest Management in Galicia» on Monday 7 February, organised by the Science, Technology and Environment Section of the Ateneo de Santiago. It will take place at 7.30 pm at 19 Rúa do Vilar. This lecture will present the […]
The Lourizán Research Centre has just published a video about the work carried out by its team in search of native pine varieties resistant to the pine nematode. In this video, the cause of the disease is explained, as is the work of the Centre's researchers in gradually selecting those specimens that […]
