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http://dx.doi.org/10.7732/kjpr.2013.26.1.026

Adaptation Test of Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Korea -Thirty-six-year-old Growth Performance of Twenty-two Provenances-  

Ryu, Keun Ok (Division of Forest Tree Improvement, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Han, Mu Seok (Division of Forest Tree Improvement, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kim, In Sik (Division of Forest Tree Improvement, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Lee, Ju Hwan (Division of Forest Tree Improvement, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Lee, Jae Cheon (Division of Forest Tree Improvement, Korea Forest Research Institute)
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Korean Journal of Plant Resources / v.26, no.1, 2013 , pp. 26-35 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to select superior provenances of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) well adapted to Korean environment for timber production. In 1976, twenty-two provenances of Scots pine were introduced from Sweden and the seeds were sown in seed beds in March. After one year, the seedlings were transplanted to nursery beds. The resulting 1-1 seedlings of 22 provenances were planted at Whaseong in 1978. Randomized complete block design with 3 replications were used for test plantation. Each provenance was planted with 20-tree row plot in each block and at a spacing of $1.8{\times}1.8m$. The growth performance of each provenance was monitored up to 33-years after planting. There were significant differences among provenances in volume growth. F3001 provenance showed the best volume growth of 33-years after planting ($0.160m^3$), which was 2.2 times greater than that of the lowest provenance W2027 ($0.072m^3$). The ranking of provenances was stabilized after 14 years. Comparing to reference tree species, Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), all Scots pine provenances showed poor growth performance. In other words, volume growth of Japanese red pine at age 28 and 33 were 2.1 and 3.3 times greater than that of Scots pine, respectively. Moreover, survival rate of Scots pine was lower than that of Japanese red pine. Based on these results, it was suggested that Scots pine was not suitable to Korean environments. The cause of maladaptation of Scots pine and the implications of introduction breeding were discussed.
Keywords
Introduction breeding; Growth performance; Provenance test; Exotic trees;
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