Experimental Plantations of Lodgepole Pine in the Syktyvkar Forestry in the Komi Republic

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582.47 (470.13)

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DOI: 10.17238/issn0536-1036.2016.1.48

Abstract

Introduction of new promising species for accelerated wood growth is quite effective in re-forestation. The aim of the paper is to study variability of vitality and the height of Lodge-pole pine and Scots pine in the experimental plantations in the Komi Republic, founded in 2006 and 2007 in the Kranozatonskoe and Syktyvkar forestries. The seeds of Lodgepole pine from six Swedish seed plantations were used. As a control we used the seeds of Scots pine of local origin. In the course of the research the height and vitality of plants were measured. The capacity for survival of Lodgepole pine was better than Scots pine (79 % and 58 % respectively). Lodgepole pine exceeded Scots pine in height growth. Lodgepole pine had a good resistance to fungal diseases. That fact also contributed to the better capacity for survival in the first years of growth. Software package Statistica 6.0 was used for the statis-tical analysis. The differences between Lodgepole pine and Scots pine were statistically significant (p < 0.05) by vitality and height growth. In turn, the origins of Lodgepole pine were not statistical different. It is important to note, that Lodgepole pine is sufficiently sta-ble under the climatic conditions of the Republic of Komi.

Authors

L.N. Gutiy1, Postgraduate Student, Head Researcher A.L. Fedorkov2, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Leading Researcher

Affiliation

1Syktyvkar Forest Institute – Branch of Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy named after S.M. Kirov, Lenin st., 39, Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, 167000, Russian Federa-tion; e-mail: lgutiy@mail.ru2Institute of Biology of the Komi Science Centre of the Ural Division of the Russian Acad-emy of Sciences, Kommunisticheskaya st., 28, Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, 167000, Russian Federation; e-mail: fedorkov@ib.komisc.ru

Keywords

origin, vitality, height, introduction, seed plantation, research.

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Received on January 20, 2015