Silvae Genetica is an international peer-reviewed journal with more than 70 years of tradition and experience in all fields of theoretical and applied forest genetics and tree breeding. It was founded by W. Langner in 1951 as "Zeitschrift für Forstgenetik und Forstpflanzenzüchtung" (Journal of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding). In a continuation of Langner’s original intention, the journal strives to make important and lasting contributions to the advancement of forest genetics and tree breeding. Topics for theoretical and applied scientific contributions include:

Population and evolutionary genetics
Conservation genetics
Ecological and population genomics
Tree breeding
Provenance research and quantitative forest genetics
Genetic interactions between trees and their pests and diseases
Tree biotechnology
Tree molecular genetics
Tree genome assembly and bioinformatics
Functional genomics