Gancho Slavov

Slavov, Gancho

Position Type:
Faculty
Job Title:
Associate Professor of Applied Genetics
Department:
Forest Engineering, Resources & Management
Office Location:
350 Peavy Forest Science Center (PFSC)
Email:
gancho.slavov@oregonstate.edu
CV:
Slavov_CV_2025.pdf
Advising:  Graduate Major Advisor
Education
M.S., 2000, Forestry, University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ph.D., 2004, Forest Genetics/Statistics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Research Areas
Forest Biometrics and Geomatics
Research Interests
  • Forest Genetics
  • Adapation
  • Climate change
  • Tree improvement
  • Gene conservation
Bio
Director of the Pacific Northwest Tree Improvement Research Cooperative
Selected Publications:

  1. Slavov GT, Macaya-Sanz D, DiFazio SP, Howe GT (2025) Population structure limits the use of genomic data for predicting phenotypes and managing genetic resources in forest trees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122: e2425691122.

  2. Sturrock S, Frickey T, Freeman J, Butler J, Fritsche S, Gea P, Graham N, Macdonald L, Mercier C, Rippel Salgado L, Sussmilch F, Telfer E, Wilcox P, Dungey H, Slavov GT (2025) Pinus radiata genome reveals a downward demographic trajectory and opportunities for genomics-assisted breeding. G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 15.

  3. Strauss SH, Slavov GT, DiFazio SP (2022) Gene-editing for production traits in forest trees: challenges to integration and gene target identification. Forests, 13 (11): 1887. 

  4. Klápště J, Ismael A, Paget M, Graham N, Stovold T, Dungey H, and Slavov GT (2022) Genomics-enabled management of genetic resources in radiata pine. Forests, 13 (2): 282.

  5. Slavov GT, Davey CL, Bosch M, Robson PRH, Donnison IS, Mackay IJ (2019) Genomic index selection provides a pragmatic framework for setting and refining multi-objective breeding targets in Miscanthus. Annals of Botany, 124:521-530.

  6. Evans LM, Slavov GT, Rodgers-Melnick E, Martin J, Ranjan P, Muchero W, Brunner AM, Schackwitz W, Gunter L, Chen JG, Tuskan GA, DiFazio SP (2014) Population genomics reveals signatures of selection coupled with adaptive trait associations in the model tree, Populus trichocarpa. Nature Genetics, 46: 1089-1096.

  7. Slavov GT, DiFazio SP, Martin J, Schackwitz W, Muchero W, Rodgers-Melnick E, Lipphardt MF, Pennacchio CP, Hellsten U, Pennacchio LA, Gunter LE, Ranjan P, Vining K, Pomraning KR, Wilhelm LJ, Pellegrini M, Mockler TC, Freitag M, Geraldes A, El Kassaby YA, Mansfield SD, Cronk QCB, Douglas CJ, Strauss SH, Rokhsar D, Tuskan GA (2012) Genome resequencing reveals multiscale geographic structure and extensive linkage disequilibrium in the forest tree Populus trichocarpa. New Phytologist, 196: 713-725.

  8. Slavov GT, Leonardi S, Burczyk J, Adams WT, Strauss SH, DiFazio SP (2009) Extensive pollen flow in two ecologically contrasting populations of Populus trichocarpa. Molecular Ecology, 18: 357-373.

  9. Slavov GT, Howe GT, Adams WT (2005) Pollen contamination and mating patterns in a Douglas-fir seed orchard as measured by simple sequence repeat markers. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 35: 1592-1603.

  10. Slavov GT, Zhelev P (2004) Allozyme variation, differentiation, and inbreeding in populations of Pinus mugo in Bulgaria. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 34: 2611-2617.

For a full list of publications, visit:
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=nu7RhjsAAAAJ&hl=en