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Genetics Applied to Forestry: An Introduction
This ”book” is a follow-up of Genetics Applied to Forestry - An Introduction. It is somewhat expanded compared to the book printed in 2013. Forest tree diseases and pests are treated in a separate chapter. Undergraduate students are the target group as well as graduate students with limited experience of forest genetics. Without the advice and help from Björn Nicander the editing would have been more troublesome. We express our sincere thanks to him. Several of the graphic illustrations were done by Kjell Lännerholm. We express our sincere thanks to him.
228 pages, ebook
Published June 1, 2020
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December 22, 2025
A valuable resource, this “book” condenses practically all topics pertaining to genetics in the forestry sector as well as forest tree breeding. As such, it is valuable as a summary of hundreds of experiments and pieces of scientific literature condensed to the essentials. It is also being kept up-to-date, at least as of 2020. This is a huge amount of work on the authors' parts and greatly benefits those unfit to comb through hundreds of scientific works.
However, there are also some pitfalls. Firstly, stemming from Sweden, the book focuses a lot on boreal forestry, when it could have benefited from more discussion on tropical forest genetics as well. Furthermore, there is unfortunately a large amount of spelling errors. Finally, the authors lost me a bit when they went on a tangent on how uneducated urban populations and the “negative attitude” of ecologists or environmentalists is ruining forest tree breeding, e.g. for demanding certificates on timber products. Such jabs felt unnuanced and shouldn't have a place in such a work unless they are expanded upon in detail in a more objective manner and not just thrown into the end of the chapter.
However, there are also some pitfalls. Firstly, stemming from Sweden, the book focuses a lot on boreal forestry, when it could have benefited from more discussion on tropical forest genetics as well. Furthermore, there is unfortunately a large amount of spelling errors. Finally, the authors lost me a bit when they went on a tangent on how uneducated urban populations and the “negative attitude” of ecologists or environmentalists is ruining forest tree breeding, e.g. for demanding certificates on timber products. Such jabs felt unnuanced and shouldn't have a place in such a work unless they are expanded upon in detail in a more objective manner and not just thrown into the end of the chapter.
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