Napola, Marja-Leena

Lic.Sc. (Agr. & For.), Forest Breeding Officer

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Expertise

• spruce breeding
• Norway spruce cutting clones and propagation

Research Projects

Current

• Alien species and spruce pathogens
  
• National Forest Tree Breeding and Seed Orchard Programs
  

Former

• Breeding of Forest Tree Species and planning of seed orchards
  
• Breeding of forest tree species
  
• Development of forest tree breeding
  
• Effect of the population structure to breeding zones and selection index
  
• Enhanced production and utilisation of genetically improved forest regeneration material
  
• Factors affecting into the controlled seed and seedlings production
  
• Genetic gain and genetic diversity in improved forest regeneration material
  
• The impact of genetically improved reproductive material on forest regeneration
  

Contacts

Keywords: Norway spruce progeny testing, spruce breeding, spruce clones, spruce provenances, spruce provenances selection, vegetative propagation