scholarly journals Porsild spruce in Canada – an update

2014 ◽  
Vol 90 (01) ◽  
pp. 105-107
Author(s):  
Rodney Arthur Savidge
Keyword(s):  
New Brunswick ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Seed Orchard ◽  
Tree Improvement ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Common Component ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Engelmann Spruce ◽  
Wild Tree

Several new developments are noted since publication of “Porsild spruce in Canada” in The Forestry Chronicle in January 2013. Firstly, Porsild spruce has been found in northeastern Quebec. Secondly, although researchers were unaware of the fact until now, the Porsild spruce phenotype has been found to be a common component in the New Brunswick tree improvement program’s second-generation seed orchard in support of reforestation. Thirdly, a wild tree discovered in New Brunswick displays morphological features of Engelmann spruce and, based on observed similarities between Yukon Beringia Porsild spruce phenotypes and the accepted Engelmann spruce phenotype, it is possible that the New Brunswick Engelmann spruce tree was derived from the local Porsild spruce population.

scholarly journals The status and potential of using controlled parentage in operational reforestation in New Brunswick

1998 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. W. Adams ◽  
K. J. Tosh
Keyword(s):  
New Brunswick ◽  
Black Spruce ◽  
Seed Orchard ◽  
Tree Improvement ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
The Status ◽  
Vegetative Multiplication ◽  
Improvement Programs ◽  
Initial Research

Tree improvement programs began in New Brunswick in the 1970s, and, by the early 1990s, most of the seed used in reforestation was from seed orchards. Initial research such as fertilizer trials and other flower induction methods focussed on increasing seed orchard yields. Trials have also been established to investigate parental contribution to seed orchard production. As the New Brunswick Tree Improvement Council breeding programs advance into the second generation, two new approaches have been developed to capture genetic gain more efficiently. The use of controlled breeding followed by vegetative multiplication of black spruce has been adopted operationally by J.D. Irving, Limited, and a jack pine meadow orchard has been established by the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy. This paper presents an overview of these programs and the future challenges of using controlled parentage in operational reforestation stock production.

A Canadian Example of Government-Industry Collaboration In Tree Improvement

1976 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 283-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. W. Yeatman
Keyword(s):  
Seed Production ◽  
Cold Hardiness ◽  
Seed Orchard ◽  
Jack Pine ◽  
Tree Improvement ◽  
Seed Sources ◽  
Seedling Seed Orchard ◽  
Forest Region ◽  
Future Supply ◽  
High Quality Seed

A program of provenance testing, seed production and genetic improvement of jack pine was developed in the Baskatong region of western Quebec through sustained collaboration among government forest services and forest industry. Research plantations demonstrated, within a period of 10 years from establishment, the superiority in growth, cold hardiness and disease resistance of regionally adapted local seed sources. Critical differences were evident between provenances from the Boreal Forest Region and those from the adjacent Sections of the Great Lakes — St. Lawrence Forest Region.A 300-acre (120 ha) seed production area was created within a genetically superior jack pine population of natural origin in the Côte Jaune area west of Lake Baskatong. Within this population, 325 plus trees were selected, marked and recorded over two years by student crews employed in the summer. Seed harvested from the felled plus trees will be used to create a seedling seed orchard and to establish progeny tests. The plus trees are to be grafted for controlled breeding among selected progeny-tested clones at a later date. This cooperative program of tree improvement will ensure the future supply of high quality seed that will maintain and enhance the value of the forest resource.

Realized genetic gains observed in a first generation seedling seed orchard for jack pine in New Brunswick, Canada

New Forests ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. H. Weng ◽  
K. Tosh ◽  
G. Adam ◽  
M. S. Fullarton ◽  
C. Norfolk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Brunswick ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Seed Orchard ◽  
Jack Pine ◽  
Genetic Gains ◽  
Seedling Seed Orchard ◽  
Realized Genetic Gains

Carbofuran Trials in a Red Pine Seed Orchard

1987 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 177-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Rush ◽  
Ronald P. Overton ◽  
Raymond P. Guries ◽  
David J. Hall ◽  
Robert S. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Active Ingredient ◽  
Seed Orchard ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Tree Improvement ◽  
Red Pine ◽  
Seed Orchards ◽  
Tree Diameter ◽  
Improvement Programs ◽  
Seed Yields

Abstract Seed and cone insects can drastically reduce seed yields from pine seed orchards and consequently reduce the profitability of entire tree improvement programs. Liquid and granular formulations of carbofuran both controlled the eastern pine seedworm, the red pine coneworm, the webbing coneworm, and a cone resin midge in field trials at a red pine seed orchard in southern Wisconsin. Both formulations substantially reduced the frequency of insect attacks when applied at the rate of 0.8 oz of active ingredient per inch of tree diameter. The percent of cones attacked by insects declined from 96% in untreated trees to 32% in trees treated with granular carbofuran and 11% in trees treated with liquid carbofuran. Some phytotoxicity was noted on trees treated with liquid carbofuran; phytotoxicity was much less apparent on trees treated with the granular formulation. Label amendments have been made to allow the operational use of carbofuran in northern pine seed orchards, and this may make northern tree improvement programs more profitable. North. J. Appl. For. 4:177-180, Dec. 1987.

scholarly journals Variability of morphological features, bud burst and flowering of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) in the seed orchard of the Bielsk Forest District

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 388-400
Author(s):  
Sławomir Mioduszewski ◽  
Marek Rzońca
Keyword(s):  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Seed Orchard ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Bud Burst ◽  
Stem Form ◽  
The North ◽  
Crown Width ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Female Flowering ◽  
Forest District

Abstract The main aim of this paper was to characterize Norway spruce clones in terms of bud burst, flowering and morphological features. Observation and measurements were carried out in the Norway spruce seed orchard of the Bielsk Forest District in the north-eastern part of Poland. The seed orchard was established in 1989 and consists of 428 grafts of over 37 trees from the Białowieża Primeval Forest. An assessment of bud burst, stem forking, stem form, crown width, branch thickness, vitality, flowering and fructification as well as diameter measurements was done in 2013 and 2014. The results showed variability of morphological features among different clones as well as within individual clones. Differences among clones in spring bud development, stem form and branch thickness were statistically significant. Additionally, a positive correlation between male and female flowering was observed. The research also confirmed an influence of the healthiness of the grafts on seed production with trees in a weakened state producing more seeds.

scholarly journals Early Realized Gains for Two-cycle Selection for Black Spruce and Their Implications for Testing Effort Allocation

2011 ◽  
Vol 60 (1-6) ◽  
pp. 178-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. H. Weng
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Black Spruce ◽  
Seed Orchard ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Clonal Seed Orchard ◽  
Seedling Seed Orchard ◽  
Silvicultural Practice ◽  
Sib Families ◽  
Realized Genetic Gains

AbstractDeployment of improved black spruce (Picea mariana(Mill.) B.S.P.) seedlots in New Brunswick (NB) is a standard silvicultural practice. Most plantations have been established using elite-stand seedlots in the 1980s, first-generation seedling seed orchard seedlots in the 1990s and thereafter second-generation clonal seed orchard seedlots. A large-plot realized gain test was established at six sites in NB to provide estimates of actual gains from planting these improved seedlots. The test compared four improved seedlots, representing seedlots collecting from an elite stand, a first-generation seed orchard, two second-generation orchards and a mix of eight elite full-sib families identified in second-generation testing populations, with one unimproved checklot. This paper presents height measurements taken on trees at age 5. Results indicate that realized genetic gains from two-cycle selection and breeding are reasonably high and, in general, the more improved the seedlot, the higher the gain. Planting the elite-stand or the first-generation orchard seedlot would produce a gain of about 10% (relative to the checklot) in 5-yr height and an additional 5.8% gain could be obtained from planting the second-generation orchard seedlot. Even higher gain could be obtained via the deployment of the elite full-sib families, which was estimated to be about 8.6% more than the deployment of the second-generation orchard seedlot. While the realized gain varied with site, the ranking of gain achieved for the different seedlots was similar between sites. The above information was further used to optimize testing efforts for realized gain tests. To detect a typical gain of 5 to 10% at a significance level of 0.05 with a predetermined power of 0.80, each test should include 5 to 10 blocks per site (the number of sites is fixed at 4) or 4 to 6 sites (the number of blocks per site is fixed at 6) paired with planting 36 to 49 trees per plot. These approximate numbers of sites and blocks per site should be modified, depending on the interactions of seedlot with site and with block within site.

scholarly journals Model of experimental clonal seed orchard for the production of Serbian spruce sPicea omorika /Panc./Purkyne) intraspecific hybrids

Genetika ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Mirjana Sijacic-Nikolic ◽  
Vasilije Isajev
Keyword(s):  
Second Generation ◽  
Diallel Cross ◽  
Seed Orchard ◽  
Clonal Seed Orchard ◽  
Seedling Seed Orchard ◽  
Applied Study ◽  
Genetic Potential ◽  
Incomplete Diallel Cross ◽  
Serbian Spruce ◽  
Intraspecific Hybrids

The presented model for the establishment of an experimental clonal seed orchard of Serbian spruce was designed based on the results of the analysis and assessment of the genetic potential of Serbian spruce seedling seed orchard at Godovik. Based on the results of the analyses, eight superior half-sib lines of Serbian spruce were selected, of which 24 genotypes were selected. Their hybridisation, by the model of incomplete diallel cross resulted in 21 combinations at the level of half-sib lines, i.e. 48 combinations at the level of parent genotypes. The applied study methods identified the potentially valuable genotypes-cone producers i.e. pollinators, which will be fixed by cloning in the seed orchard of the second generation for the production of the promising hybrids.

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