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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
Volume 37, Issue 3, Pages 515-522Publisher
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/X06-253
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We present results from early tests and field trials of offspring from two Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) seed orchards containing clones that have been transferred from high altitudes to sea level and from northern to Southern latitudes. Seedlings from seeds produced in the low-altitude seed orchard developed frost hardiness later at the end of the growth season, flushed later in field trials, and grew taller than seedlings from seeds produced in natural stands. They had the lowest mortality rate and the lowest frequency of injuries in the field trials. Similar results were observed ill seedlings from seeds produced in the southern seed orchard. We found no adverse effects of the changed growth rhythm. Seedlings from two seed crops in the Southern orchard. produced in years with a warm and a cold summer, had different annual growth rhythms. The results are explained mainly by the effects of the climatic conditions during the reproductive phase. Seed crops from different years in the same seed orchard may produce seedlings that perform as if they were from different provenances. It is ar-Lied that the effects of the climatic conditions during seed production must contribute to the variation among provenances of Norway Spruce.
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