Adaptive BREEDING for productive, sustainable and resilient FORESTs under climate change

Deliverables

A report of all knowledge transfer activities and events addressing different stakeholders training sessions on decision tools guidelines information briefs for policy makers etc M24 M48

Guidelines for the optimization of genetic gains and seed production in maritime pine seed orchards

Report on performance of an experimental greenhouse seed orchard and guidelines for establishment of new seed orchards limiting pollen contamination and abioticbiotic impacts on seed production

Annual newsletters

Electronic newsletters highlighting the major outcomes of the project. M13, M25, M37, M48

B4EST project website

An active website to communicate, promote and make available the project results and activities.

Report on training courses

A report with courses organised audience reached etcM24 M48

Breeding Guidelines

Provide guidelines showcasing the implementation of novel breeding strategies encompassing examples from lowinput to advanced breeding genomic selection and covering all the species in the project

B4EST International Conference

A report on the final international conference organized to disseminate B4ESTs results to the scientific community and a large array of forestry stakeholders plenary and side events

Impact of new breeding strategies on the organisation of the tree breeding in Europe

Synthetic report describing current organizations of breeding activities for Pinus pinaster Picea abies and Eucalyptus sp and their potential evolution related to the development of new breeding strategies

Guidelines for deployment and silvicultural management of improved FRM accounting for climate projections, risks of natural disturbances, and end-user requirements and acceptances

Updated guidelines for the eight species included in B4EST and a list of generic guidelines for a wider range of European forest tree species for which adaptive FRM deployment is urgently needed

Performance models for poplar clonal FRM and deployment guidelines

Development of poplar clone performance models including growth wood quality and resistance to bioticabiotic stresses and adapted forest practices for different industrial purposes

Novel selection methods combining individual and group performance

Report describing modalities of group performance selection in wellchosen casestudies to better manage associative effects and uncertainty in future environments

Layman's report on benefits, costs and risks related use of improved FRM in Scottish woodlands

Report on the effects of using improved FRM on biomass production, cost-efficiency of forest management, and ecosystem resilience in Scottish woodlands.

Layman's report on benefits, costs and risks related to use of improved FRM in Nordic countries

Report on the effects of using improved FRM on biomass production, cost-efficiency of forest management, and ecosystem resilience in forests dominated by Scots pine and Norway spruce in Finland and Sweden.

Joint Nordic Planter's guide web-decision tool for Scots pine and Norway spruce

Update and new development of two web-tools for deployment of Scots pine and Norway spruce FRM in the Nordic countries.

Simulation and evaluation tools for integration of genomic information into breeding schemes

Provide simulation tools for the assessment of different breeding strategies involving genomic evaluation, and state-of-the-art statistical packages for performing genomic evaluation.

Multispecies SNP array as a common genotyping tool for breeding

Commercially/openly available multispecific genotyping tool based on existing arrays and existing and de novo sequencing resources, with the validation of a first round of typing for the project’s case studies, as an opportunity to bring investment savings to breeding programs and pan-European collaboration.

Layman's report on benefits, costs and risks related use of improved poplar clones FRM in alluvial regions of central and southern Europe

Report on the effects of using improved FRM on biomass production, cost-efficiency of different forest management systems and ecosystem resilience in poplar plantations.

Simulation tool to combine silviculture and genetic composition of FRM scenarios and test innovative uses of improved FRM

This simulation tool will account for genetic characteristics of FRM to identify adapted silvicultural options that combine high shortterm performance and high longterm adaptive potential to face future uncertainties

Multi-trait and multi-criteria performance modelling platform for FRM

An open modelling platform hosting available models and submodels with guidelines for their adaptation to new performance datasets.

Layman's report on benefits, costs and risks related use of improved FRM in Atlantic regions of Southern Europe

Report on the effects of using improved FRM on wood and non-wood production, cost-efficiency of forest management and ecosystem resilience in Atlantic southern European forests established with maritime pine and stone pine.

Publications

Development of a highly efficient 50K single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping array for the large and complex genome of Norway spruce ( Picea abies L. Karst) by whole genome resequencing and its transferability to other spruce species

Author(s): Carolina Bernhardsson, Yanjun Zan, Zhiqiang Chen, Pär K. Ingvarsson, Harry X. Wu
Published in: Molecular Ecology Resources, Issue 21/3, 2021, Page(s) 880-896, ISSN 1755-098X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13292

The legacy of climate variability over the last century on populations' phenotypic variation in tree height

Author(s): Natalia Vizcaíno-Palomar, Bruno Fady, Ricardo Alía, Annie Raffin, Sven Mutke, Marta Benito Garzón
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 749, 2020, Page(s) 141454, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141454

Taming the massive genome of Scots pine with PiSy50k, a new genotyping array for conifer research

Author(s): Chedly Kastally; Alina K. Niskanen; Annika Perry; Sonja T. Kujala; Komlan Avia; Sandra Cervantes; Matti Haapanen; Robert Kesälahti; Timo Kumpula; Tiina M. Mattila; Dario I. Ojeda; Jaakko S Tyrmi; Witold Wachowiak; Stephen Cavers; Katri Kärkkäinen; Outi Savolainen; Tanja Pyhäjärvi
Published in: The Plant Journal, Issue 1365313X, 2021, Page(s) 1337-1350, ISSN 1365-313X
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15628

Inducibility of Plant Secondary Metabolites in the Stem Predicts Genetic Variation in Resistance Against a Key Insect Herbivore in Maritime Pine

Author(s): Xosé López-Goldar, Caterina Villari, Pierluigi Bonello, Anna Karin Borg-Karlson, Delphine Grivet, Rafael Zas, Luís Sampedro
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 9, 2018, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01651

Economic Performance of Genetically Improved Reforestation Material in Joint Production of Timber and Carbon Sequestration: A Case Study from Finland

Author(s): Anssi Ahtikoski, Roope Ahtikoski, Matti Haapanen, Jari Hynynen, Katri Kärkkäinen
Published in: Forests, Issue 11/8, 2020, Page(s) 847, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/f11080847

Growth dynamics of ‘Imola’ poplar clone (Populus ×canadensis Mönch) under different cultivation inputs

Author(s): Sara Bergante, Gianni Facciotto, Maurizio Marchi
Published in: Annals of Silvicultural Research, Issue 44(2), 2020, Page(s) 71-79, ISSN 1698-5435
Publisher: CREA
DOI: 10.12899/asr-1934

Genomic prediction in a multi-generation Eucalyptus globulus breeding population

Author(s): Haristoy G, Bouffier L, Fontes L, Leal L, Paiva J, Pina JP, Gion JM
Published in: Tree Genetics and Genomes, 2022, ISSN 1614-2950
Publisher: Springer

ClimateEU, scale-free climate normals, historical time series, and future projections for Europe

Author(s): Maurizio Marchi, Dante Castellanos-Acuña, Andreas Hamann, Tongli Wang, Duncan Ray, Annette Menzel
Published in: Scientific Data, Issue 7/1, 2020, ISSN 2052-4463
Publisher: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-00763-0

Performance and Phenotypic Stability of Norway Spruce Provenances, Families, and Clones Growing under Diverse Climatic Conditions in Four Nordic Countries

Author(s): Tore Skrøppa, Arne Steffenrem
Published in: Forests, Issue 12/2, 2021, Page(s) 230, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/f12020230

Teasing apart the joint effect of demography and natural selection in the birth of a contact zone

Author(s): Lili Li, Pascal Milesi, Mathieu Tiret, Jun Chen, Janek Sendrowski, John Baison, Zhiqiang Chen, Linghua Zhou, Bo Karlsson, Mats Berlin, Johan Westin, Rosario Garcia-Gil, Harry Wu, Martin Lascoux
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 14698137, 2022, ISSN 1469-8137
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/nph.18480

Combining climatic and genomic data improves range-wide tree height growth prediction in a forest tree

Author(s): Juliette Archambeau, Marta Benito Garzón, Frédéric Barraquand, Marina de Miguel Vega, Christophe Plomion, Santiago C. González-Martínez
Published in: The American Naturalist, Issue 00030147, 2022, ISSN 0003-0147
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.1086/720619

Morphometric Analyses of Leaf Shapes in Four Sympatric Mediterranean Oaks and Hybrids in the Algerian Kabylie Forest

Author(s): Akli, Amel, Zaida Lorenzo, Ricardo Alía, Khellaf Rabhi, Enrique Torres
Published in: Forests, Issue 19994907, 2022, Page(s) 508, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/f13040508

Phenotypic plasticity, population structure and adaptation in a young weed species with a worldwide distribution.

Author(s): View ORCID ProfileA. Cornille, M. Tiret, A. Salcedo, H.R. Huang, M. Orsucci, P. Milesi, D. Kryvokhyzha, K. Holm, X.J. Ge, J.R. Stinchcombe, S. Glémin, S.I. Wright, M Lascoux
Published in: BiorXiv, 2020, ISSN 1088-9051
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
DOI: 10.1101/2020.11.27.401562

Application of Transfer Effect Models for Predicting Growth and Survival of Genetically Selected Scots Pine Seed Sources in Sweden

Author(s): Haleh Hayatgheibi, Mats Berlin, Matti Haapanen, Katri Kärkkäinen, Torgny Persson
Published in: Forests, Issue 11/12, 2020, Page(s) 1337, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/f11121337

Model analysis of temperature impact on the Norway spruce provenance specific bud burst and associated risk of frost damage

Author(s): Tetiana Svystun, Jenny Lundströmer, Mats Berlin, Johan Westin, Anna Maria Jönsson
Published in: Forest Ecology and Management, Issue 493, 2021, Page(s) 119252, ISSN 0378-1127
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119252

Genetic architecture behind developmental and seasonal control of tree growth and wood properties in Norway spruce

Author(s): Zhi-Qiang Chen, Yanjun Zan, Linhua Zhou, Bo Karlsson, Hannele Tuominen, Maria Rosario García-Gil, Harry X. Wu
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 1664462x, 2022, ISSN 1664-462x
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.927673

Polygenic adaptation and negative selection across traits, years and environments in a long-lived plant species (Pinus pinaster Ait., Pinaceae)

Author(s): Marina de Miguel, Isabel Rodríguez-Quilón, Myriam Heuertz, Agathe Hurel, Delphine Grivet, Juan-Pablo Jaramillo-Correa, Giovanni G. Vendramin, Christophe Plomion, Juan Majada, Ricardo Alía, Andrew J. Eckert, Santiago C. González-Martínez
Published in: Molecular Ecology, Issue 1365294X, 2022, ISSN 1365-294X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16367

Universal reaction norms for the sustainable cultivation of hybrid poplar clones under climate change in Italy

Author(s): Marchi, Maurizio; Bergante, Sara; Ray, Duncan; Barbetti, Roberto; Facciotto, Gianni; Chiarabaglio, Pier Mario; Hynynen, Jari; Nervo, Giuseppe
Published in: iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 47-55 (2022), Issue 19717458, 2022, Page(s) 47-55, ISSN 1971-7458
Publisher: The Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)
DOI: 10.3832/ifor3989-015

Corrigendum to: From genetic gain to economic gain: simulated growth and financial performance of genetically improved Pinus sylvestris and Pinus pinaster planted stands in France, Finland and Sweden (Forestry 2021; cpab004, https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpab004)

Author(s): Hernán Serrano-León, Anssi Ahtikoski, Johan Sonesson, Bruno Fady, Marcus Lindner, Céline Meredieu, Annie Raffin, Sandrine Perret, Thomas Perot, Christophe Orazio
Published in: Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, Issue 94/3, 2021, Page(s) 477-477, ISSN 0015-752X
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpab015

Identifying and testing marker-trait associations for growth and phenology in three pine species: implications for genomic prediction

Author(s): Annika Perry; Witold Wachowiak; Joan K. Beaton; Glenn R. Iason; Joan Cottrell; Stephen Cavers
Published in: Evolutionary applications, Issue 17524571, 2022, Page(s) 330-348, ISSN 1752-4571
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/eva.13345

From genetic gain to economic gain: simulated growth and financial performance of genetically improved Pinus sylvestris and Pinus pinaster planted stands in France, Finland and Sweden

Author(s): Hernán Serrano-León, Anssi Ahtikoski, Johan Sonesson, Bruno Fady, Marcus Lindner, Céline Meredieu, Annie Raffin, Sandrine Perret, Thomas Perot, Christophe Orazio
Published in: Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 2021, ISSN 0015-752X
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpab004

The pulse of the tree is under genetic control: eucalyptus as a case study

Author(s): Jérôme Bartholomé, André Mabiala, Régis Burlett, Didier Bert, Jean‐Charles Leplé, Christophe Plomion, Jean‐Marc Gion
Published in: The Plant Journal, Issue 103/1, 2020, Page(s) 338-356, ISSN 0960-7412
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14734

Weather as main driver for masting and stem growth variation in stone pine supports compatible timber and nut co-production

Author(s): Tatiana A. Shestakova, Sven Mutke, Javier Gordo, J. Julio Camarero, Ester Sin, Jesús Pemán, Jordi Voltas
Published in: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Issue 298-299, 2021, Page(s) 108287, ISSN 0168-1923
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108287

Adaptation of Mediterranean forest species to climate: lessons from common garden experiments

Author(s): JA Ramírez‐Valiente, L Santos del Blanco, R Alía, JJ Robledo‐Arnuncio, J Climent
Published in: Journal of Ecology, 2021, ISSN 0022-0477
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13730

Genetic variation in phenology and growth among and within Norway spruce populations from two altitudinal transects in Mid-Norway

Author(s): Tore Skrøppa, Arne Steffenrem
Published in: Silva Fennica, Issue 53/1, 2019, ISSN 2242-4075
Publisher: Finnish Society of Forest Science
DOI: 10.14214/sf.10076

Species distribution modelling to support forest management. A literature review

Author(s): Matteo Pecchi, Maurizio Marchi, Vanessa Burton, Francesca Giannetti, Marco Moriondo, Iacopo Bernetti, Marco Bindi, Gherardo Chirici
Published in: Ecological Modelling, Issue 411, 2019, Page(s) 108817, ISSN 0304-3800
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.108817

Phenotyping tree resistance to a bark‐chewing insect, the pine weevil Hylobius abietis

Author(s): Rafael Zas, María S. Poceiro, María Lores, Laura M. Rolke, Luis Sampedro
Published in: Annals of Applied Biology, Issue 175/2, 2019, Page(s) 236-245, ISSN 0003-4746
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/aab.12533

275 years of forestry meets genomics in Pinus sylvestris

Author(s): Tanja Pyhäjärvi, Sonja T Kujala, Outi Savolainen
Published in: Evolutionary Applications, Issue 13/1, 2019, Page(s) 11-30, ISSN 1752-4571
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12809

Increased Prediction Ability in Norway Spruce Trials Using a Marker X Environment Interaction and Non-Additive Genomic Selection Model

Author(s): Zhi-Qiang Chen, John Baison, Jin Pan, Johan Westin, Maria Rosario García Gil, Harry X Wu
Published in: Journal of Heredity, Issue 110/7, 2019, Page(s) 830-843, ISSN 0022-1503
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esz061

Evaluating WorldClim Version 1 (1961–1990) as the Baseline for Sustainable Use of Forest and Environmental Resources in a Changing Climate

Author(s): Maurizio Marchi, Iztok Sinjur, Michele Bozzano, Marjana Westergren
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 11/11, 2019, Page(s) 3043, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su11113043

Nonlinear versus linearised model on stand density model fitting and stand density index calculation: analysis of coefficients estimation via simulation

Author(s): Maurizio Marchi
Published in: Journal of Forestry Research, Issue 30/5, 2019, Page(s) 1595-1602, ISSN 1007-662X
Publisher: Northeast Forestry University
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-019-00967-0

Genetic variation in the constitutive defensive metabolome and its inducibility are geographically structured and largely determined by demographic processes in maritime pine

Author(s): Xosé López‐Goldar, Caterina Villari, Pierluigi Bonello, Anna Karin Borg‐Karlson, Delphine Grivet, Luis Sampedro, Rafael Zas
Published in: Journal of Ecology, Issue 107/5, 2019, Page(s) 2464-2477, ISSN 0022-0477
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13159

Financial assessment of alternative breeding goals using stand-level optimization and data envelopment analysis

Author(s): Anssi Ahtikoski, Jouni Karhu, Roope Ahtikoski, Matti Haapanen, Jari Hynynen, Katri Kärkkäinen
Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Issue 35/5-6, 2020, Page(s) 262-273, ISSN 0282-7581
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2020.1795241

Genetic basis of growth, spring phenology, and susceptibility to biotic stressors in maritime pine

Author(s): Agathe Hurel, Marina de Miguel, Cyril Dutech, Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau, Christophe Plomion, Isabel Rodríguez-Quilón, Agathe Cyrille, Thomas Guzman, Ricardo Alía, Santiago C. González-Martínez, Katharina B. Budde
Published in: Evolutionary Applications, Issue 17524571, 2021, Page(s) 2750-2772, ISSN 1752-4571
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/eva.13309

The Impact of Drought Stress on the Height Growth of Young Norway Spruce Full-Sib and Half-Sib Clonal Trials in Sweden and Finland

Author(s): Haleh Hayatgheibi, Matti Haapanen, Jenny Lundströmer, Mats Berlin, Katri Kärkkäinen, Andreas Helmersson
Published in: Forests, Issue 12/4, 2021, Page(s) 498, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/f12040498

Managing Uncertainty in Scots Pine Range-Wide Adaptation Under Climate Change

Author(s): Hallingbäck Henrik R., Burton Vanessa, Vizcaíno-Palomar Natalia, Trotter Felix, Liziniewicz Mateusz, Marchi Maurizio, Berlin Mats, Ray Duncan, Benito Garzón Marta
Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Issue 2296701X, 2021, Page(s) p1-18, ISSN 2296-701X
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.724051

Epigenetic memory effects in Norway spruce: are they present after the age of two years?

Author(s): Tore Skrøppa
Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Issue 16511891, 2022, Page(s) p6-13, ISSN 1651-1891
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2022.2045349

Genetic basis of susceptibility to Diplodia sapinea and Armillaria ostoyae in maritime pine

Author(s): Vizcaíno-Palomar N, Fady B, Alía R, Raffin A, Mutke S, Benito Garzón M
Published in: bioRxiv, 2020, ISSN 1940-3402
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/716084

eQTLs are key players in the integration of genomic and transcriptomic data for phenotype prediction

Author(s): Abdou Rahmane Wade; Harold Duruflé; Leopoldo Sanchez; Vincent Segura
Published in: BMC Genomics, Issue 14712164, 2022, ISSN 1471-2164
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08690-7

Transformative changes in tree breeding for resilient forest restoration

Author(s): Duncan Ray, Mats Berlin, Ricardo Alia, Leopoldo Sanchez, Jari Hynynen, Santiago González-Martinez and Catherine Bastien
Published in: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Issue 2624893X, 2022, ISSN 2624-893X
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.1005761

Bayesian varying coefficient model with selection: An application to functional mapping

Author(s): Benjamin Heuclin, Frédéric Mortier, Catherine Trottier, Marie Denis
Published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), Issue 70/1, 2021, Page(s) 24-50, ISSN 0035-9254
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12447

Seed Sourcing Strategies Considering Climate Change Forecasts: A Practical Test in Scots Pine

Author(s): Eduardo Notivol, Luis Santos-del-Blanco, Regina Chambel, Jose Climent, Ricardo Alía
Published in: Forests, Issue 11/11, 2020, Page(s) 1222, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/f11111222

Genotype by environment interactions for Norway spruce provenances and populations

Author(s): Skrøppa, T.
Published in: NIBIO-report, Issue 00000000, 2021, ISSN 0000-0000
Publisher: NIBIO

Performance in early tests, short-term trials and field trials of selected families of Norway spruce from Svenneby, Seed orchard

Author(s): Skrøppa, T., Steffenrem, A.
Published in: NIBIO-report, Issue 24641162, 2022, ISSN 2464-1162
Publisher: NIBIO

Variation among and within provenances of Norway spruce from Central and North Norway (or Trøndelag and Nordland)

Author(s): Tore Skrøppa og Arne Steffenrem
Published in: National report series from NIBIO, 2020, ISSN 2464-1162
Publisher: Norwegian institute of Bioeconomy Research

Maritime Pine Genomics in Focus

Author(s): Lieven Sterck, Nuria de María, Rafael A. Cañas, Marina de Miguel, Pedro Perdiguero, Annie Raffin, Katharina B. Budde, Miriam López-Hinojosa, Francisco R. Cantón, Andreia S. Rodrigues, Marian Morcillo, Agathe Hurel, María Dolores Vélez, Fernando N. de la Torre, Inês Modesto, Lorenzo Federico Manjarrez, María Belén Pascual, Ana Alves, Isabel Mendoza-Poudereux, Marta Callejas Díaz, Alberto
Published in: The Pine Genomes. Compendium of Plant Genomes, 2022, Page(s) 67–123, ISBN 978-3-030-93390-6
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-93390-6_5

Common Scots pine deployment recommendations for Sweden and Finland

Author(s): Mats Berlin, Curt Almqvist, Matti Haapanen, Karl-Anders Högberg, Gunnar Jansson, Torgny Persson, Seppo Ruotsalainen
Published in: SKOGFORSK ARBETSRAPPORT, Issue 1017-2019, 2019-05-16, 2019, ISSN 1404-305X
Publisher: Skogforsk

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