Comparative assessment of Norway spruce plus trees based on the analysis of the rank dynamics of their seed progeny in progeny tests
https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2023.243.68-85
Abstract
The aim of the study is the comparative assessment of Norway spruce plus trees based on the analysis of rank dynamics of their seed progeny in progeny tests for subsequent allocation of plus trees to the elite category. Progeny tests of the European spruce established in 1976 on the area of 4.2 ha in Quarter 161 of the Gostilitsy subdivision of Lomonosovsky Forestry of the Leningrad Region are discussed. The diameters of the trees and heights of the plants at the age of 24, 36, and 46 have been measured. The dynamics of changes in the ranks of plus tree families during the age periods under study have been analyzed. Families that dominated in the growth rate at an earlier age turned out to be among the best at the age of 46. In the vast majority, such families do not go beyond the top third of the rank distribution list of the diameter average values during the whole growth period. By the age of final assessment, the slow-growing families included those the growth rate values of which in the preceding age periods were no higher than the population average. It is noted that in terms of rank position, the group of families with average growth rates is the most variable part of the stand under study. Based on the measurements, recommendations are given for the allocation of part of the plus tree families growing at the plot into the elite category, which will allow in the near future elite production of European spruce seeds in the Russian Federation.
About the Authors
A. S. Bondarenko
Saint Petersburg State Forestry Research Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
BONDARENKO Aleksandr S. – PhD (Agriculture)
194021, Institutsky av. 21, St. Petersburg
A. V. Zhigunov
St.Petersburg State Forest Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
ZHIGUNOV Anatolii V. – DSc (Agriculture), Professor
194024, Institutsky per. 5, St. Petersburg
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Bondarenko A.S., Zhigunov A.V. Comparative assessment of Norway spruce plus trees based on the analysis of the rank dynamics of their seed progeny in progeny tests. Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii. 2023;(243):68-85. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2023.243.68-85
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