Growth of seedlings of Schrenk Spruce (Picea schrenkiana) in the conditions of introduction to the Nizhny Novgorod region

The growth rates of seedlings of Schrenk spruce (Picea schrenkiana Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) in containers in open ground conditions with artificial irrigation were studied. The purpose of the research is to establish the effectiveness and determine the prospects for the introduction of the Shrenk spruce into the Nizhny Novgorod region. The object of research is four-year-old seedlings of Shrenka spruce, obtained from normal seeds from natural plantings in the south-east of Kazakhstan in the central part of the Trans-Ili Alatau. The vector of introduction transfer was 13°13'43" north latitude and –33°18'53" east longitude; the height difference reached 2664 m. The hypothesis about the possibility of the introduction of Schrenk spruce into the Nizhny Novgorod Volga region was based on the distribution in the region of natural stands of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) and Siberian spruce (Picea obovata Ledeb.), which in the area of transgression of habitats form fertile interspecific hybrids known as Finnish spruce (Picea ×fennica (Regel) Kom.). The typicality, suitability, expediency and reliability of the experiment are ensured, the principle of a single logical difference and a randomized assignment of plants to the sample is implemented. The differentiation of seedlings according to the parameters of the aboveground part was established: in height Cv = 26.91% (10.53 ± 0.23 cm); in diameter Cv = 35.20% (2.52 ± 0.07 mm). The correlation of the characteristics of the aboveground part of the seedlings of Schrenk spruce was found. The height of the aboveground part had a high closeness on the Cheddock scale with the number of lateral branches on the central shoot and the total length of the lateral branches in the aboveground part: r±mr = 0.705±0.057 (tr = 12.38) and r±mr = 0.728±0.055 (tr = 13.20). This is described by regression equations: y = 0.551x + 6.257; (R² = 0.49719) and y = 0.114x + 7.617 (R² = 0.5294). The compliance of seedlings with the requirements for the rates of ontogenetic development of this tree species was noted. The level of growth and development of the aboveground part of the Schrenk spruce seedlings in the open ground of the nursery indicates a sufficient resource for seed propagation of the natural conditions of the region and a significant potential for its introduction to the Nizhny Novgorod region.

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