TOPWOOD: TOols for Phenotyping WOOD

The objective of TOPWOOD is to build a four-year scientific exchange program about the development of medium and high-throughput phenotyping measurement and analysis tools for selected basic wood properties in the laboratory and in the field (TOols for Phenotyping WOOD-TOPWOOD). The participants wish to exchange knowledge and experience for sharing and expanding skills, improving existing tools and developing new original measuring devices. The phenotyping tools and the methods of analysis developed and improved in TOPWOOD are intended to be used by the participants to investigate the genetic and environmental determinism of key wood properties involved in forest tree adaptation, wood production, quality of stem wood and profitability of the forest-wood chain. The participants of TOPWOOD are three academic institutions and two private companies from three European Union countries, Austria, France and Spain, and one third country, Argentina.