Chunxia Zhang

Ph.D. candidate
Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding
Büsgen-Institute
Georg-August-University Göttingen
Büsgenweg 2
D-37077 Göttingen

E-mail: czhang@gwdg.de

Education Background
2000 - 2004 Bachelor of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China
Major: Forestry

2004-2007 Master of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, China
Major: Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding

since
October. 2008 PhD student in the department "Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding"


Project

The Göttingen Poplar Diversity Experiment - POPDIV
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/76731.html
To test the hypothesis that reduced intraspecific genetic diversity has negative effects on ecosystem functions and services, an experiment has been designed with Populus tremula and Populus tremuloides from 7 different places planted in 4 different diversity levels. Two molecular markers (codominant microsatellite and dominant amplified fragment length polymorphism) were used to understand genetic diversity level of Populus tremula and Populus tremuloides collections in this experiment. The aims of the study are the followings: (1) to investigate the genetic diversity within and among seven Populus tremula collections and one Populus tremuloides collection. (2) to infer the family structure (3) to infer the genetic structure (4) to estimate the plot diversity of the experiment for the ecosystem function study.