Am. Shutyaev et M. Giertych, HEIGHT GROWTH VARIATION IN A COMPREHENSIVE EURASIAN PROVENANCE EXPERIMENT OF (PINUS-SYLVESTRIS L.), Silvae Genetica, 46(6), 1998, pp. 332-349
In the years 1974 to 1976, on the initiative of the Forest Research In
stitute in Pushkino, near Moscow, a major Scots pine experiment was es
tablished with 113 provenances over 33 planting sites, well scattered
over the whole former USSR. Basing on reports from co-operating instit
utions information is compiled on the provenances used, on the plantin
g sites and on the mean tree height at latest measurement. Interaction
parameters are calculated and the data on tree height, converted to u
nits of standard deviation ii om location means, is plotted onto maps
of the locations demonstrating the extent of genotype environment inte
raction. ?Ile range of the species in the former USSR can be divided i
nto regions (Northwestern, Baltic, Western Continental, Northern Russi
a, Central European Russia, Middle Volga, Central Trans-Urals, Souther
n fringe, Eastern Siberia), that have characteristic For them response
s to seed transfer in terms of height growth performance at various lo
cations. Western populations (Baltic countries, Bielorussia, Ukraine)
are clearly superior in height growth at most European locations. This
zone with superior populations extends also to the region between riv
ers Volga, Oka and Don (Middle Volga region). Scots pine from that reg
ion is transferable further east, though not as successfully westwards
. Around Moscow (Central European Russia) there is a region with react
ive populations that are very successful within the region and they ca
n be transferred eastwards to some extent but not in other directions
nor over greater distances. Extensive longitudinal transfers of popula
tions are possible within two latitudinal zones, Northern Russia and C
entral Trans-Urals. The latter is a central zone extending from the Ur
als to river Yenitsyei with populations of average growth performance
relative to the much poorer growth of the northern, Far Eastern and so
uthern populations.