Project Timeline

Year 1: 2/1/2011 - 1/31/2012
Year 2: 2/1/2012 - 1/31/2013
Year 3: 2/1/2013 - 1/31/2014
Year 4: 2/1/2014 - 1/31/2015


This chart includes three species (Chinese Chestnut, American Chestnut and Pendunculate Oak) with existing forest tree resources generated by other projects. We are leveraging this data for comparative genomics with the species being researched in the current project. More information about the sources of data can be found by clicking on the species link.

Family Species Framework Map Reference Populations QTL Map Transcriptome Sequences gSSRs BAC Library
Magnoliales Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) Year 4 Year 4 Complete
Proteales Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) Year 4 Year 4 Year 3 Year 3
Fabales Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) Year 4 Year 4 Year 3 Year 3
Fagales Chinese Chestnut (Castanea mollissima) Coming Soon Complete Coming Soon Complete Complete
American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) Coming Soon Complete Coming Soon Complete Complete
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) Year 4 Year 4 Year 2 Year 3 Year 2
Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) Year 4 Year 4 Year 2 Year 2
Pendunculate Oak (Quercus robur) Complete Complete Complete
Sapindales Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) Year 4 Year 3
Lamiales Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvannica) Year 4 Year 3