Forestry and Game Management Research Institute Strnady

Research projects - Forest seed management

Improvement of pre sowing treatments for dormant European beech seeds (coordinator Zdeňka Procházková; 2010 - 2014; project team VÚLHM, v.v.i, ÚEB v.v.i., AV ČR, ATRO Rýmařov; No. QI102A256)

The goal is to determine the factors responsible for the inefficiency of existing, pre-sowing treatments so that beechnut germination and subsequent emergence of beech germinants can be improved.

The project focuses on:

· determining the conditions for pre-sowing treatment of beechnuts with various, pre-storage dormancy levels,

· assessing the impact of weather conditions during seed maturation on the quality and dormancy breaking requirement of beechnuts,

· developing procedures to determine the duration of dormancy breaking treatment of beechnuts,

· examining the possibility of reducing the dormancy breaking, pre-sowing treatment and subsequently increasing beechnut germination and germinant emergence,

· quantifying of dormancy by determination of endogenous ABA and fumarase activity,

· determining of the anatomical structure of dormant seeds after different pre-sowing treatments by image analysis.

Stabilisation of forest functions in anthropically disturbed and changing environmental conditions (coordinator A. Jurasek; 2009 - 2013; No. MZE0002070203)

The Research Plan focuses on the stabilisation of forest functions under anthropically disturbed and changing environmental conditions. At present, these topics are of concern to practically all the forests in the Czech Republic. Research is based on the main activity of the FGMRI and takes into account the obligations resulting from the 4^th and 5^th Ministerial Conference on the Protection of European Forests (Vienna 2003, Warsaw 2007), Strategic Objectives for European Action Plan for Forest Management (2005) and Action Plan EU for Forests (2006). The Objective of the Research Plan as a whole is to obtain new scientific information on various aspects of forestry and to integrate this information into the strategic objectives of forest management. Specifically, the goal is to improve the sustainability of forest management by increasing biodiversity, preserving and supporting of forest functions and supporting the adaptation to possible changes in environmental conditions. From a nationwide view point the expected new scientific results will be applicable in environment protection and flood prevention.

The Research Plan is, because of its complexity, divided into five interconnected Partial Research Plans (PRP 01 to 05) focusing on the following topic research problem.

Research station Kunovice are focused on partial intention PRP 03 thematic block 5:

Breeding, preservation and reproduction of forest tree species gene pool under changing environmental conditions (coordinator P. Máchová)

Partial project 03 is divided to 5 thematic blocks:

· Genetic variability, adaptation ability, resistance, production, quality and preservation of forest tree species gene sources (J. Frýdl).

· Alternative utilization of introduced tree species in forest management (F. Beran).

· Breeding and yield of fast growing trees (L. Čížková).

· Biotechnologies and molecular genetics of forest tree species (J. Malá).

· Production, quality and pre-sowing treatment of forest tree seeds (Z. Procházková).

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