Quercus Portal provides access to various databases regarding genetic and genomic resources and information. It includes also a dynamic user interface allowing the submission of complex queries across all data bases (Global Search). Additionally a static section of the portal is devoted to general information of the genus Quercus.
Michael Meléndrez, long-time member of the IOS, will lead a ten-day filed trip in New Mexico from August 20 to 30, 2017.
The stateside celebration of the 25th anniversary of the IOS will take place on September 2 at Starhill Forest Arboretum in Menard County, Illinois.
The UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden will host the next International Oak Society Conference on the University of California, Davis campus from October 22 to 24, 2018. The Call for Session Proposals is now open, and proposals for oral presentations, posters, lightning talks, and workshops will be accepted until December 1, 2017.
The Morton Arboretum is organizing a meeting with ChenShan Botanical Garden in Shanghai on Fagaceae and Northofagaceae genetics.
