College of Forestry

Forest Biotechnology Laboratory

Regulatory, certification systems creating paralysis in use of genetically altered trees

North American forests are suffering from an onslaught of threats including local and imported pests, as well as the impacts of a shifting climate. These threats pose “a real and present danger” to the future of many of our forest trees, notes Steven Strauss, a distinguished professor of forest biotechnology at Oregon State University and lead author on the analysis. PDF