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The NCSU- Cooperative Tree Improvement Program has helped to educate and train over 200 graduate students now working in forest genetics research and operational tree breeding worldwide. Assistantships (MS or PhD) are available to work with the Cooperative. Options for areas of research are numerous, including Genetic Variation Studies, Modeling and Development of Breeding Strategies, Testing and Selection, Seed Orchard Management, Molecular Marker Studies, and the use of Clonal Propagation in breeding and forest plantation establishment.