COLDTREE: Cold Tolerance and Dormancy Assessments in Pine and Beech

Data from the COLDTREE project, which aimed to identify physiological and genetic markers for winter hardiness and dormancy in woody species. The project sought to develop molecular diagnostic tools for nursery practice, addressing the challenge of scheduling the transfer of over 1.7 billion tree seedlings annually to cold storage. It was conducted by the Forestry Commission and last updated in 2026.

Use Cases

• Identifying key gene expression patterns for dormancy stages based on cDNA microarray analysis.
• Developing molecular diagnostic tools for nursery cold storage scheduling based on physiological condition assessments.
• Evaluating genetic techniques to prevent cold damage and fungal infection in containerized seedlings.
• Modeling the molecular events underlying winter hardiness in pine and beech species.

Strengths

• Project objectives are clearly defined, focusing on a specific agricultural challenge.
• The description details the economic scale of the nursery industry, involving about 1.7 billion seedlings worth 2 billion Euro.
• Data originates from a recognized authority, the Forestry Commission.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-06-29 22:06:38.515564; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission

Collection Method

Likely contains experimental data from physiological, genetic, and cDNA microarray analyses.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-29 22:06:38.515564.

Geography

Europe