Heritability of pine needles on a seed orchard in the Vladimir district
https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2026.258.206-228
Abstract
The nature of variability and the scale of heritability of the parameters of needles in the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) on a seed orchards established in the Vladimir region were studied. The relevance of the work is related to the continuing need for reliable provision of reforestation works designed to ensure continuous and sustainable forest management in the Russian Federation with high-quality seeds with improved hereditary properties. The purpose of the study was to determine the parameters of the needles of the positive pine trees on a clone forest–seed plantation and to assess the degree of their hereditary conditionality. The object of the research was the same-age clones of the positive trees of the Scots pine, located on a wood-seed plantation in the Krasnomayakovsky district forestry department of the Kovrov forestry department. The location corresponds to the zone of coniferous-broadleaf forests, coniferous-broadleaf forest area of the European part of the Russian Federation and is included in the second forest-seed area of the common pine. The coordinates of the site are 56.102403 N, 41.398626 E. Primary forestry information was collected by field methods in April-May 2024. Biological samples were taken in the periphery of the middle tier of a well-lit crown area: 50 paired bundles of 1-year-old and 2-year-old needles separately were collected. It was found that the age differences in its parameters are small: length – 5.96±0.014 cm and 6.17±0.013 cm; width – 1.86±0.003 mm and 1.87±0.002 mm; weight – 0.48±0.001 g and 0.57±0.001 g, respectively. Phenotypic variability was recorded both at the level of orthetes and in the composition of clones of the same name, despite the fact that the differences between the former are higher than intraclonal fluctuations in traits. The effect of the specificity of the genotypes of different clone groups on the occurrence of phenotypic variance in the parameters of needles has been established, from 41.99±0.19% in its linearly distributed mass to 85.84±0.05% in length (1-year-old) and from 20.77±0.26% in width to 89.27±0.04% in length (2-year-old).
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About the Authors
N. N. Besschetnova
Nizhny Novgorod State Agricultural University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
BESSHETNOVA Natalya N. – DSc (Agricultural), Dean of the Faculty of Forestry, Associate Professor
WoS ResearcherID: H-1343-2019
603107. Gagarina av. 97. Nizhny Novgorod
V. P. Besschetnov
Nizhny Novgorod State Agricultural University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
BESSHETNOV Vladimir P. – DSc (Biological), Head of the Department of Forest Plantations, Professor
WoS ResearcherID: S-5889-2016
603107. Gagarina av. 97. Nizhny Novgorod
A. V. Chumakova
Geokvartal LLC
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
CHUMAKOVA Anastasia V. – Forestry Engineer, Master of Forestry
153012. Sovetskaya str. 22. Office 22. Ivanovo
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Besschetnova N.N., Besschetnov V.P., Chumakova A.V. Heritability of pine needles on a seed orchard in the Vladimir district. Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii. 2026;(258):206-228. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2026.258.206-228
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