Role of forest tree breeding as a guarantee for sustainable biomass
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Role of forest tree breeding as a guarantee for sustainable biomass
Role of forest tree breeding as a guarantee for sustainable biomass production Aris Jansons, Dagnija Lazdina, Martins Zeps Latvian State Forest Research Institute “SILAVA” Background Forest tree breeding aims to increase forest health, quality of trees and stand productivity (both in terms of above-ground biomass production and stem-volume production), using combination of several different approaches: 1)provenance selection, both for native and introduced specie (fig. 3); 2) selection of phenotypically best individuals (so-called plus-trees) within stand with superior productivity and quality and establishment of grafted seed orchards for seed collection and plant production (fig. 1); 3)crossing among superior individuals from closely related species (e.g. common and American aspen) to exploit hybrid vigor and select clones, that are superior to both parent-species for establishment of short-rotation plantations (fig. 2); 4)crossing among several species in multiple generation to create breeds with necessary characteristics and best clones within the breeds, intended for ensuring agriculture-like management, very short rotations and high biomass (fig. 4) Results Efficient tree breeding requires long-term commitment, selection of appropriate methods and large-scale application of results to provide practical benefits. Therefore Tree Breeding Strategy has been developed at Silava and approved at Latvian State Forest Management enterprise. Also in-situ and ex-situ protection of forest genetic resources at national level are ensured. Studies of growth rhythm and diseases resistance indicate, that importance to use selected material will increase in future, while natural populations will become mal-adapted due to rapid climatic changes and spread of diseases will be favored. at age 12 years 350 Forest stands Seed orchard Seed orchard Experimental area Forest stands Fig. 1. Yield of spruce seed orchard progenies in comparison to stand porgenies at the age of 32 years at age 10 years 300 m3 ha-1 250 200 150 100 50 0 4 B 9 10 30 16 19 2 23 20 34 6 22 12 15 3 36 24 26 25 28 D 21 A C G 39 18 7 11 17 8 hybrid aspen Tree biomass, kg Stem volume, m3 triploid common aspen aspen Fig. 3. Biomass production capacity of lodgepole pine in comparison to Scots pine at the age of 25 years, planting density 5000 trees ha -1 Fig 2. Yield of hybrid aspen (Populus tremuloides x P. tremula), triploid form of common aspen and common aspen at the age of 10 and 12 years, planting density 2500 trees ha-1 Sven Tora Torhild S.viminalis 35 30 TDM ha-1 25 20 15 10 5 0 second harvest annual first harvest second harvest biannuall first harvest triannual Fig. 4. Biomass production capacity of Salix clones at the age of 1 - 3 years, planting density 12000 trees ha-1 Conclusion Use of selected material guarantees form 20% to 3-fold higher yield (biomass) from plantations both on forest and former arable land, options to shorten rotation period and considerable increase of gains from the investments in biomass production. LSFRI “SILAVA” Rīgas iela 111, Salaspils, Latvia Aris Jansons, Dagnija Lazdina, Martins Zeps [email protected] www.silava.lv
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