Metla Project 7041

Cooperation in developing aspen plant production

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Duration: 2000-2001   
Research Programme: Forest tree breeding

Objectives

The main goal of this project is to study and develop those characteristics of aspen and hybrid aspen which have a major impact to the quality of paper or to the environmental consequencies of paper manufacturing prosesses.

The short perspective goals is possible to divide: 1) to study the factors affecting the rootmass production 2) to study the factors affection the shoot and root formation of root cuttings 3) to establish a summertime planting experiment and to study the plant production - reforestation chain ofhybrid aspen 4) to study those genetical and physiological factors which affects to selection of superior genotypes 5) to study the clonal composition of natural aspen stands

Project leader: Pulkkinen, Pertti
The Finnish Forest Research Institute, Haapastensyrjä Office, Haapastensyrjäntie 34, FI-12600 LÄYLIÄINEN, FINLAND
Phone: +358 29 532 2924
E-mail: pertti.pulkkinen@metla.fi

Other researchers: Salonen, Sinikka, VA (2001), Stenvall, Niina, VA (2000-01), Zhang, Gang, SU (2001)


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