Poplar Breeding and Development Program
Hosted by:
Bernie McMahon
University of Minnesota – Natural Resources Research Institute (UM-NRRI)
Contact Bernie with questions. Tel: +1 763-647-0877; Email
Sunday, July 22, 2018
0700-0730
Gather at Hotel Lobby
Embassy Suites Minneapolis Airport Hotel
7901 34th Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota 55425
See “Lodging” tab for hotel reservation information
0730-1100
Travel, Bloomington to Cohasset, Minnesota
1100-1230
Stop 1: Minnesota Power Property (Cohasset, Minnesota)
2018 (establishment year)
USDA NIFA Populus Genotype x Environment (G x E) Performance Trial
20 clones including 2 standards; 30 ramets per clone; single-tree plots; containerized pre-rooted planting stock
2016 (age 2)
Yield blocks, 400s (3 clones; 10 x 40 block or plot size; 3 reps)
Yield blocks, 100s (3 clones; 10 x 10 block or plot size; 3 reps)
2015 (age 3)
Family field trials (2012 CP P. deltoides x P. nigra (DN) families; 30 families; 20 individuals; 5 reps)
Clone trials (60 clones; single ramet plot size; 10 reps)
Yield blocks (9 clones; 8 x 8 plot size; 4 reps)
2015 & 2016 (age 2 & 3; archive plantings)
P. deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh (eastern cottonwood)
P. nigra L. (black poplar)
1230-1330
Lunch
Florio’s Grill, 105 Old Main Street, Cohasset, Minnesota 55721
1330-1400
Travel, Cohasset to Grand Rapids, Minnesota
1400-1600
Stop 2-4: University of Minnesota North Central Research and Outreach Center (Grand Rapids, Minnesota)
Stop 2: Legacy Plantings
2007 (age 11+)
Laurentian Energy Authority yield blocks (7 clones; 8 x 8 plots; 3 reps)
2010 (age 8+)
Sun Grant Initiative clone trials (all NRRI-tested; 70 clones; 2-tree plots; 3 reps)
1997 (age 20+)
University of Minnesota archives (P. deltoides and P. deltoides x P. maximowiczii (DM) hybrids of Dr. Carl Mohn)
2015 & 2016 (age 2 & 3)
NRRI archives (parental collections)
Stop 3: Clonal Stool Beds and Preservation (First-year Coppice)
Section 1: Primary Advanced clones with 2 standards (NM6 and DN5)
Section 2: Secondary Advanced clones (54 clones)
Section 3: Field selections DN clones from Wanderscheid (14 clones)
Section 4: DN Pedigreed 2010 CP and 2010 CP family sets and individuals
Section 5: Populus nigra clones and collections (U. Toronto; GWR; NRRI)
Section 6: 2010 CP DN pedigreed lots and individuals; along with Eastern cottonwood and black poplar parent clones
Stop 4: Progeny Trial (Second Growing Season)
2016 CP population including DD, NN, and DN full-sib lots (>6,500 seedlings)
Proposed plan: Ages 1 yr and 2 yr base data; survival, height, syllepsis, disease
Harvest after 2018: Rising 1-yr whips (2009) processed for establishing 2020 FFT
1600-1730
Travel, Grand Rapids to Duluth, Minnesota
1730-1800
Hotel Check-In (Duluth, Minnesota)
See “Lodging“ tab for hotel reservation information
1800
Dinner on your own
Monday, July 23, 2018
0800-0930
Stop 5: Tour of the University of Minnesota – Natural Resources Research Institute (UM-NRRI)
Co-hosted by: Drs. Neil Nelson and George Host
0930-1330
Travel, Duluth to Rhinelander, Wisconsin
1330-1600
Participate in the Welcome Tour
USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Institute for Applied Ecosystem Studies, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
