A EUROPEAN APPROACH FOR ASSESSING REGROWTH POTENTIAL OF WOODY PLANTS : PARAMETERS FOR PLANT VITALITY AND DORMANCY OF PLANTING STOCK

Objective

Background:

Seeds are sold with a quality (seed vitality) assurance. Woody plants quality assurance is, currently, based on visual assessement.

The objectives are:

To establish a well-founded system for measuring quality (vitality) of woody planting stock.

Short description of the project:

Will measure and improve the growth of saplings (young trees) when they are planted in the forest. Basic physiology plus; a predictive model of sapling growth, techniques to improve growth, criteria for assessing sapling quality.

Programme(s)

• FP4-FAIR - Specific research, technological development and demonstration programme in the field of agriculture and fisheries (including agro-industry, food technologies, forestry, aquaculture and rural development), 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 4.5.4 - Afforestation, sustainable management of forests, integration of functions, agro-forestry

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, NATURE MANAGEMENT AND FISHERY

Address

Rijneveld, 153
2770 AC Boskoop
Netherlands

Participants (8)

CPRO - DLO

Netherlands

Address

Droevendaalsesteeg, 1 - P.o. Box 16
6700 AA Wageningen

DANISH INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE

Denmark

Address

Kirstinebjergvej, 10
5792 Aarslev

Forestry Commission

United Kingdom

Address

Northern Research Station
EH25 9SY Roslin

I.N.R.A. - CENTRE DE NANCY

France

Address

54280 Champenoux

ROYAL VETERINARY AND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

Denmark

Address

Rolighedsvej, 23
1958 Frederiksberg C

SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Sweden

Address

Herrgardsvagen, 122
776 98 Garpenberg

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN

Ireland

Address

Belfield
4 Dublin

Università degli Studi del Molise

Italy

Address

Viale Manzoni
86100 Campobasso