Prof. Ove Nilsson
Board Member
Plant Science
swetree technology
Sweden
Biography
Ove Nilsson is a plant molecular biologist and is Professor in Plant Reproductive Biology at the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU, Umeå. Nilsson is heading the National Swedish Program for Plant Development funded by the Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) as well as the “UPSC Centre for Forest Biotechnology” which in 2006 was selected as one of four Berzelii centers to receive 10 years of support from the Swedish Research Council (VR) and the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA). His research area is the control of flowering, with a special emphasis on the genes controlling flowering time in trees. Applications of this research involve the development of early flowering trees as a tool for conventional breeding. It also involves the development of non-flowering trees as an enabling technology for future plantations of genetically modified trees, core areas for STT.
Research Interest
Plant science
