Quality planting materials for premium teak production - ITTO/BMLEH Webinar 02

Quality planting materials are essential for the supply chain of premium teak production. The availability of planting materials requires quality seeds or seedlings to ensure survival, quality, growth, and resiliency during a teak tree's formative stages. Learn more about the science behind teak production from experts in India and Thailand in this second webinar of the ITTO-BMLEH webinar series which is part of the second phase of the ITTO project “Promoting Quality Timber Production in Smallholder and Community-based Teak and Other Valuable Species Plantations in the Tropics.” Introduction - 0:00 Opening Remarks - 2:44 Ms Jennifer Conje - Director, Forest Management Division, ITTO Presentations, Q&A, and Discussion: 'Genomics of Teak' - 5:33 Dr. Yasodha Ramasamy - Scientist G, Division of Plant Biotechnology & Cytogenetics, ICFRE-Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, India 'Teak Genetics in the Greater Mekong Subregion' - 13:53 Dr. Suwan Tangmitcharoen - Director of Forest Research and Development Office, Royal Forest Department, Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment, Thailand (Continued) 'Genomics of Teak' - 55:10 This webinar was held on Tuesday, 22 April 2025. -- Visit the ITTO Website: https://www.itto.int/ Follow ITTO on LinkedIn:   / itto-sfm   Follow ITTO on Facebook:   / ittosfm   Follow ITTO on X: https://x.com/itto_sfm Follow ITTO on Instagram:   / itto_sfm   ITTO Linktree: https://linktr.ee/itto_sfm