Biotechnology applied to forest and aromatic species

Research activity focused on the conservation and improvement of forest and aromatic species. It comprises two lines of research funded by MINECO, EU, and GVA (PrometeoII). 1- Biotechnology of forest species. It applies somatic embryogenesis (SE) as a tool to increase the resilience of forest species towards sustainable forest exploitation. In recent years, protocols of SE have been optimized in Pinus pinaster (maritime pine) and Quercus ilex (holm oak), highlighting the selection of Pinus pinaster families with high embryogenic capacity, the creation of a germplasm bank with these lines, the development of genetic transformation protocols in maritime pine and stone pine, and the establish…