<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> First results of new trembling aspen (Populus tremula L.) special factorial crosses are presented. At first, productive parent trees were selected: five maternal and five paternal trees without symptoms of heart rot and one tree with fruiting bodies of this fungal attack. The results of phenotypic and genotypic analyses of parent trees, their compatibility, and growth performance are presented. The analysis of the hybrid seedlings’ survival and their growth performance on open ground are shown. Estimates of general and specific combining abilities of the parent trees were carried out and potentially best hybrid families and seedlings were selected.</p></abstract>

First results of new trembling aspen (Populus tremula L.) special factorial crosses are presented. At first, productive parent trees were selected: five maternal and five paternal trees without symptoms of heart rot and one tree with fruiting bodies of this fungal attack. The results of phenotypic and genotypic analyses of parent trees, their compatibility, and growth performance are presented. The analysis of the hybrid seedlings’ survival and their growth performance on open ground are shown. Estimates of general and specific combining abilities of the parent trees were carried out and potentially best hybrid families and seedlings were selected.

Aspen hybridization: Parents’ compatibility and seedlings’ growth

Silvae Genetica

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First results of new trembling aspen (Populus tremula L.) special factorial crosses are presented. At first, productive parent trees were selected: five...

Aspen hybridization: Parents’ compatibility and seedlings’ growth

Data publikacji: 15 mar 2018

Zakres stron: 12 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sg-2018-0002

Słowa kluczowe
aspen, compatibility, hybrids, success indexes of hybridization, rooting, seedlings’ survival and growth, general and specific combining ability, microsatellite markers

© 2018, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Aspen hybridization: Parents’ compatibility and seedlings’ growth

Data publikacji: 15 mar 2018

Zakres stron: 12 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sg-2018-0002

Słowa kluczoweaspen, compatibility, hybrids, success indexes of hybridization, rooting, seedlings’ survival and growth, general and specific combining ability, microsatellite markers

© 2018, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
aspen, compatibility, hybrids, success indexes of hybridization, rooting, seedlings’ survival and growth, general and specific combining ability, microsatellite markers