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DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW TYPE OF SEED ORCHARD (EVOLUTING SEED ORCHARD) IN NORWAY SPRUCE AND DOUGLAS

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DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL SELECTION THROUGH A NEW AND FLEXIBLE TYPE OF SEED ORCHARD (EVOLUTING SEED ORCHARD)M ABLE TO ADAPT THE BREEDING STRATEGIES TO CHANGES OF ALL KINDS.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE EVOLUTING SEED ORCHARDS IMPLIES THE FOLLOWING:
A) PRELIMINARY KNOWLEDGE AND SELECTIONS

1) PROVENANCES/PROGENY TESTS
MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF EXISTING EXPERIMENTS WILL BE MADE ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
GROWTH, FORM AND WOOD QUALITIES , ADAPTATION-RESISTANCE.
THE PURPOSE IS TO DETECT CONTINUOUSLY THE BEST PROVENANCES AND PROGENIES IN ORDER TO ELABORATE A LIST OF THE MOST RECOMMENDABLE PROVENANCES FOR AFFORESTATION, AND TO PREPARE INDIVIDUAL SELECTION.

2) SEED STANDS
TRACKING, SELECTION AND OFFICIAL REGISTRATION OF THE BEST STANDS WHOSE SEED MAY BE THEN IMMEDIATELY COMMERCIALIZED THROUGH EXISTING EEC REGULATIONS.

3) INDIVIDUAL SELECTION
CONTINOUS SELECTION OF THE BEST INDIVIDUALS IN THE BEST PROVENANCES, PROGENIES AND SEED STANDS IN RELATION WITH ELABORATION OF A SOPHISTICATED INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF PERMANENT EVALUATION (INDEX, ETC.), WITH AUTOMATIC COMPARISON AND RANKING SELECTED INDIVIDUALS.

4) OFFICIAL REGISTRATION OF THE SELECTED INDIVIDUALS ON A NATIONAL LIST KEPT UP TO DATE.
VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION
PROPAGATION OF SELECTED INDIVIDUALS AND IMPROVEMENT OF PRESENT TECHNIQUES.

B) SEED ORCHARDS
1) BUILDING UP OF A COMPUTERIZED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF THE SEED ORCHARDS WITH SPACE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CLONES, TRACKING AND AUTOMATIC BOOK-KEEPING.
2) PLANTATION OF THE RAMETS OF EVERY SELECTED CLONE WITH THE GUIDANCE OF THIS SYSTEM.
3) TREATMENT OF THE RAMETS (PROTECTION, TOP-GRAFTING, ETC.).

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STATION DE RECHERCHES DES EAUX ET FORETS
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B-1990 GROENENDAAL-HOEILAART

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