Publications
2021
- Bousquet, J., S. Gérardi, G. de Lafontaine, J.P. Jaramillo-Correa, N. Pavy, J. Prunier, P. Lenz & J. Beaulieu. 2021. Spruce population genomics. In Population Genomics: Forest Trees. Ed. O.P. Rajora. Springer Nature. 64p.
2020
- Beaulieu, J., S. Nadeau, C. Ding, J. M. Celedon, A. Azaiez, C. Ritland, J‐P. Laverdière, M. Deslauriers, G. Adams, M. Fullarton, J. Bohlmann, P.R.N. Lenz & J. Bousquet. 2020. Genomic selection for resistance to spruce budworm in white spruce and relationships with growth and wood quality traits. Evolutionary Applications 13: 2704-2722.
- Chamberland, V., F. Robichaud, M. Perron, N, Gélinas, J. Bousquet & J. Beaulieu. 2020. Conventional versus genomic selection for white spruce improvement: a comparison of costs and benefits of plantations on Québec public lands. Tree Genetics and Genomes 16: 17 (16p.).
- Hassegawa, M., M. Savard, P.R.N. Lenz, E. Duchateau, N. Gélinas, J. Bousquet & A. Achim. 2020. White spruce wood quality for lumber products: priority traits and their enhancement throught tree improvement. Forestry 93: 16-37 (invited review).
- Lenz, P.R.N., S. Nadeau, M.-J. Mottet, M. Perron, N. Isabel, J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2020. Multi-trait genomic selection for weevil resistance, growth, and wood quality in Norway spruce. Evolutionary Applications 13: 76-94.
- Lenz, P.R.N., S. Nadeau, A. Azaiez, S. Gérardi, M. Deslauriers, M. Perron, N. Isabel, J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2020. Genomic prediction for hastening and improving efficiency of forward selection in conifer polycross mating designs: an example from white spruce. Heredity 124: 562-578.
2019
- Mercier, G. & P.R.N. Lenz. 2019. Thinking big with the infinitely small. Atlantic Forestry Review 25: 60-61.
- Park, Y.-S., C. Ding, P.R.N. Lenz, S. Nadeau, G. Adams, S. Millican, J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2019. Implementing genomic selection for multi-varietal foresty of white spruce (Picea glauca) in New Brunswick, Canada. In Proc. 5th International Conference of IUFRO Working Group on Somatic Embryogenesis and Vegetative Propagation Technologies, Univ. of Coimbra, Lisbon, Portugal. Pp. 230-233.
- Perron, M., P.R.N. Lenz, M. Desponts, M.J. Mottet, N. Isabel, J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2019. À l’aube d’une révolution: Décoder l’invisible pour nos forêts. Ministère des forêts, de la faune et des parcs du Québec, Direction de la recherche forestière, Avis de recherche forestière no 133. 2p.
2018
- Azaiez, A., N. Pavy, S. Gérardi, J. Laroche, B. Boyle, F. Gagnon, M.-J. Mottet, J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2018. A catalog of annotated high-confidence SNPs from exome capture and sequencing reveals highly polymorphic genes in Norway spruce (Picea abies). BMC Genomics 19: 942 (13p.).
- Bousquet, J., I. Porth & J. Beaulieu. 2018. Forestry genomics and genetics research at Université Laval. In Proceedings of the 35th Meeting of the Canadian Forest Genetics Association, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, June 26-29 2017. Part I. Ed. K. Forbes. Canadian Forest Service, Fredericton. 14p.
- Ding, C., Y.-S. Park, J. Bonga, B. Bartlett, Y. Li & F. Raley. 2018. A brief review of combining genomic selection and somatic embryogenesis for tree improvement. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of IUFRO Working Group on Somatic Embryogenesis and Vegetative Propagation Technologies, Univ. of Coimbra, Lisbon, Portugal, September 10-15. Pp. 55-69 (15p.)
- Park, Y.S., C. Ding, P.R.N. Lenz, S. Nadeau, G. Adams, S. Millican, J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2018. Implementing genomic selection for multi-varietal forestry of white spruce (Picea glauca) in New Brunswick, Canada. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of IUFRO Working Group on Somatic Embryogenesis and Vegetative Propagation Technologies, Univ. of Coimbra, Lisbon, Portugal, September 10-15. Pp 230-233 (4p.).
- Perron, M., P.R.N. Lenz, S. Nadeau, A. Rainville, J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2018. Sélection de lignées clonales d’épinette blanche à l’aide des prédictions génomiques. Avis technique SGRE-17 du Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parc du Québec, Direction de la recherche forestière. 12p.
2017
- Lenz, P.R.N., J. Beaulieu, S.D. Mansfield, S. Clément, M. Desponts & J. Bousquet. 2017. Factors affecting the accuracy of genomic selection for growth and wood quality traits in an advanced-breeding population of black spruce (Picea mariana). BMC Genomics 18: 335 (17p.).
2016
- Adams, G.W, H.A. Kunze, A. McCartney, S. Millican & Y.S. Park. 2016. An industrial perspective on the use of advanced reforestation stock technologies. In Y.-S. Park, J. Bonga & H.K. Moon (eds). Vegetative Propagation of Forest Trees. National Institute of Forest Science, Seoul, South Korea. Pp. 323-334 (invited). Book available at https://www.iufro.org/de/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20900/20902/publications/
- Beaulieu, J. & J. Bousquet. 2016. Genomic selection – Potential and current limits of application in boreal conifer breeding programs. In Proceedings of the 34th Meeting of the Canadian Forest Genetics Association, Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton, August 17-20 2015. Part II. Ed. D. Simpson. Canadian Forest Service, Fredericton. 10p.
- Bousquet, J., N. Isabel, N. Pavy, J. MacKay, J. Beaulieu, N. Gélinas, I. Birol, J. Bohlmann, J. Cooke. 2016. Conifer genomics at the crossroads: a tentative reality check. In Proceedings of the ProCoGen final meeting, Orléans (France) Nov. 30 – Dec. 4 2015. 2p.
- Bousquet, J., J. MacKay, D.P. Khasa & J. Beaulieu. 2016. Forestry genomics and genetics research at Université Laval. In Proceedings of the 34th Meeting of the Canadian Forest Genetics Association, Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton, August 17-20 2015. Part II. Ed. D. Simpson. Canadian Forest Service, Fredericton. 10p.
- Park, Y.S., J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2016. Multi-varietal forestry integrating genomic selection and somatic embryogenesis. In Y.-S. Park, J. Bonga & H.K. Moon (eds). Vegetative Propagation of Forest Trees. National Institute of Forest Science, Seoul, South Korea. Pp. 302-322 (invited). Livre disponible au lien suivant: https://www.iufro.org/de/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20900/20902/publications/)
2015
- Lapointe, P. 2015. Partners in action: Beyond R&D. Genome British Columbia Signals Newsletters No. 52, Fall 2015.
- Lenz, P., J. Beaulieu & J. Bousquet. 2015. L’application de la sélection génomique pour l’amélioration génétique des épinettes – des outils prometteurs. Newsletter SMarTForests 4 (July), pp. 1-4.
- Van Ert, A. 2015. Keeping Canada competitive: The genomics advantage. The Edge Magazine, supplement to Logging and Sawmilling Journal, April.
2014
- Beaulieu, J., T.K. Doerksen, S. Clément, J. Mackay & J. Bousquet. 2014. Accuracy of genomic selection models in a large population of open-pollinated families in white spruce. Heredity 113: 343-352.
- Beaulieu, J., T.K. Doerksen, J. Mackay, A. Rainville & J. Bousquet. 2014. Genomic selection accuracies within and between environments and small breeding groups in white spruce. BMC Genomics 15: 1048 (16p.).
Team
Jean Bousquet
Academic Co-leader,
Canada Senior Research Chair in Forest Genomics and Environmental Genomics, Université Laval
Guy Smith
Users Co-leader,
Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, Natural Resources Canada and FPInnovations
Greg Adams
Director of Forest Research and Development,
JD Irving Ltd
Michel Campagna
Manager,
Tree Breeding Branch, Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec
Michele Fullarton
Manager,
New Brunswick Tree Improvement Council, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources
Nathalie Isabel
Research Scientist,
Laurentian Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada
Patrick Lenz
Research Scientist,
Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, Natural Resources Canada
Andrew McCartney
Research Biologist,
JD Irving Ltd
Yill-Sung Park
Research Scientist,
Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, Natural Resources Canada
Martin Perron
Researcher,
Tree Breeding Branch, Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec
André Rainville
Researcher,
Tree Breeding Branch, Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec
François Robichaud
Research Manager,
FPInnovations
Laurence Tremblay
Researcher,
Tree Breeding Branch, Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec
Jean Beaulieu
Research Scientist Emeritus, Canadian Wood Fibre Centre and Invited Professor, Université Laval
Sauphie Senneville
Project Manager,
Université Laval
Media
- On December 3, at a ceremony held in Ottawa, the team of the FastTRAC spruce genomics technology transfer project was rewarded with the Impact Prize for excellence in science from Natural Resources Canada.
- Genome Atlantic, July 12, 2020. FastTRAC-ing better white spruce.
- June 2020: Merit Award 2019 of the Canadian Forest Service to the FastTRAC team.
- Journaux Le Soleil, Le Droit d’Ottawa, La Tribune de Sherbrooke, Le Nouvelliste de Trois-Rivières, Le Quotidien de Saguenay et La Voix de l’Est de Granby, December, 2019. Pas de consanguins chez les épinettes. Article on the genetic diversity of spruce seedlings for reforestation programs.
- Radio-Canada, September 28-29, 2019. TV report ‘ Un coup de pouce de la génétique’ during the program ‘la Semaine Verte de Radio-Canada et de RDI’ on the large-scale project FastTRAC, and the operational deployment of genomic selection for white spruce at the Ministère des forêts, de la faune et des parcs du Québec.
- Journal Informe Affaires, April, 2019. La génomique pour créer de supers plants forestiers.
- Forest Products Innovations of Canda. February 1st, 2019. Forest Genomics: From Science To Practice, virtual visit of the FastTRAC project.
- Le Monde forestier, March 1st, 2019: FastTRAC: virtual visit of the FastTRAC project.
- Twitter, August 22, 2018: How Tree Genomics can be used to improve wood quality, growth and insect resistance.
- YouTube, February 17, 2017: Forest Genetics – Genomic Selection.
- LaPresse+, June 20, 2016: “Quand l’infiniment petit permet de voir grand”.
- L’ Actualité, May 3, 2016: Scieries 2.0. Reportage sur l’innovation en foresterie incluant la génomique utilisée pour le dépistage précoce des attributs favorables en amélioration des arbres.