Funding period: 2020-2024
Lead: Nathalie Isabel
Total GRDI funding: $244,800
The main objectives of the project are to: 1) determine the usefulness of genomic resources to trace back the geographic origin of wood specimens using georeferenced CFS materials; 2) improve biochemical profiling methods using mass spectrometry (DART-MS) for species and geographic origin identification, and validate its use for conifer species; and 3) enhance the collection of physical reference samples for Canadian species. This project will primarily improve the ECCC's ability to fulfill its regulatory mandate regarding the legal imports of forest products by providing it with more efficient and accurate tools and methods for species and geographic origin identification.
Publications
- Brunswick P, Cuthbertson D, Yan J, Chua CC, Duchesne I, Isabel N, Evans PD, Gasson P, Kite G, Bruno J, van Aggelen G, Shang D. 2021. A practical study of CITES wood species identification by untargeted DART/QTOF, GC/QTOF and LC/QTOF together with machine learning processes and statistical analysis. Environmental Advances 5: 100089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2021.100089
- Lind BM, Candido-Ribeiro R, Singh P, Lu M, Obreht Vidakovic D, Booker TR, Whitlock MC, Yeaman S, Isabel N, Aitken SN. 2023. How useful is genomic data for predicting maladaptation to future climate? https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.10.528022
- Shang D, Brunswick P, Yan J, Bruno J, Duchesne I, Isabel N, VanAggelen G, Kim M, Evans PD. 2019. Chemotyping and Identification of protected Dalbergia timber using gas chromatography quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromotography A, 1615: 460775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2019.460775
- Williams M, Isabel N, Ho V-M, Farr K, Duchesne I. 2020. The Wood ID Project: Cataloguing Canadian trees to help tackle illegal logging. Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service. English version: https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=40269, version française: https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=40268
Contact us
For additional information, please contact:
Genomics R&D Initiative
Email: info@grdi-irdg.collaboration.gc.ca