Collaborative Research: Center for Advanced Forestry Systems Planning Grant

北卡罗来纳州州立大学和弗吉尼亚理工学院计划加入树木遗传学行业/大学合作研究中心，以扩大研究议程，并创建一个先进的林业研究I/UCRC与领导转移从普渡大学到北卡罗来纳州州立大学。 该中心将在传统优势的基础上开展以下研究：管理集约化管理的人工林的养分供应，模拟林分生长和发育，使用上级基因型重新造林，遗传学和树木育种以提高人工林的质量，以及基因工程作为促进森林生产力和生态安全的工具。

North Carolina State University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute plan to join the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Tree Genetics to broaden the research agenda and to create an Advanced Forestry Research I/UCRC with leadership shifting from Purdue University to North Carolina State University. The center will build on traditional strengths by conducting research on; managing nutrient availability in intensively managed plantations, modeling stand growth and development, reforestation using superior genotypes, genetics and tree breeding to improve the quality of plantations, and genetic engineering as a tool for promoting forest productivity and ecological safety.