Development of Nuclear SNP Markers for Tracing Timber
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Wood Science and Forest Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 June 2024 | Viewed by 1527
Special Issue Editor
2. Câmpus de Ilha Solteira, São Paulo State University—UNESP-FEIS, Ilha Solteira, Brazil
Interests: ex situ conservation; genetic improvement of temperate and tropical trees; in situ conservation of tropical tree species; studies of pollen and seed dispersal; inbreeding depression and control of timber origin using DNA fingerprint
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Illegal logging is among the main causes of intense and continuous deforestation in the world, causing environmental and economic damage, such as loss of biodiversity, extinction of populations, contribution to climate change, and leading to loss of profits in the legal timber market by offering products at extremely low prices. To curb deforestation and the sale of timber illegally extracted from natural forests, laws on the import and sale of timber are currently in force in several countries.
Tracking the origin of timber based on documentation of forest management plans, cutting licenses, volume, and declaration of transported loads is not efficient because it can be easily falsified. Methods based on molecular markers (DNA fingerprint) have been proven to be efficient for tracking the origin of timber and combating fraud in the timber trade. The international timber market encompasses a significant tree diversity and the current number of species that had DNA markers developed is still insufficient for a global timber tracking.
I invite contributions from applied research to DNA fingerprinting of tree species to help monitor the control of illegal timber inheritance and reduce deforestation and illegal timber inheritance in the world. The main objective of this Special Issue is to increase the amount of genetic information to control the origin of the commercialized timber.
Prof. Dr. Alexandre Magno Sebbenn
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- illegal logging
- forensics
- SNP markers
- SSR markers
- timber tracking
- trees
- tropical trees
