Fertility variation and status number in clonal seed orchards of pinus sylvestris


BİLİR N., Temiraga H.

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, vol.15, no.22, pp.1075-1079, 2012 (Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 15 Issue: 22
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.3923/pjbs.2012.1075.1079
  • Journal Name: Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1075-1079
  • Keywords: Coancestry, Gene diversity, Graft, Scots pine
  • Isparta University of Applied Sciences Affiliated: No

Abstract

The present study was carried out to evaluate fertility variation, status number and gene diversity based on strobili productions in two clonal seed orchards of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). There were large differences among clones for the female and male strobili productions in the orchards. Positive and significant (p≤0.05) correlations were found between female and male strobili production (r = 0.76, 0.55). Female fertility variation (1.03, 1.07) was larger than male fertility variation (1.02, 1.03) in the orchards. The status numbers estimated based on the total fertility were very high (97 and 98% of census numbers). The large fertility variation could be balanced by different treatments such as mixing seed equally from clones or genetinc thinning. © 2012 Asian Network for Scientific Information.