Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2006 / 2007

T R E E I M P R O V E M E N T P R O G R A M
Figure 70. Comparison of clones 1531 and 1539 on October 3, 2006. .......................................................... 67
Figure 71. Whole male strobilus section showing the formation of microsporophylls. ................................. 68
Figure 72. Figure of a lateral shoot bud. This sample was taken from the clone 1506 on August 1, 2006. ... 68
Figure 73. Short-shoot bud showing two opposite primordia. ....................................................................... 68
Figure 74. Schematic of bud development in long-shoot buds. ...................................................................... 68
Figure 75. Prince George area forest genetics field tour. ................................................................................ 74
L st of Tables
Table 1. Summary of SelectSeed orchard development status as of March 31, 2007. ....................................... 2
Table 2. Number of projects and funding by region. ..................................................................................... 19
Table 3. Number of project/area of investment ............................................................................................. 20
Table 4. Orchard composition activities by project. ...................................................................................... 26
Table 5. Pollen management activities by project. ......................................................................................... 26
Table 6. Summary of VSOC 2006 OTIP activities. ..................................................................................... 27
Table 7. Summary of the main pest and disease management initiatives undertaken at VSOC. ................... 28
Table 8. Total pollen load for 2005, 2006 and 2007. .................................................................................... 38
Table 9. Total pollen load for 2007. ............................................................................................................... 38
Table 10. Treatments applied to ramets in the interior spruce micro orchard 2007. ...................................... 40
Table 11. Average Shoot Growth Over Three Years. ...................................................................................... 41
Table 12. Results of Irrigation Treatments. ................................................................................................... 41
Table 13. Prepollination (April 15 to May 15). .............................................................................................. 44
Table 14. Pollination (May 15 to May 31). .................................................................................................... 44
Table 15. Fertilization and early embryo development (June). ...................................................................... 44
Table 16. Seed cone differentiation (September). .......................................................................................... 44
Table 17. Mean pollen load (regional) for western hemlock and Sitka spruce. ............................................... 52
Table 18. Mean pollen load (regional) for western hemlock and Sitka spruce................................................ 52
Table 19. Mean pollen load (orchard) for western hemlock and Sitka spruce.. .............................................. 52
Table 20. Estimates of % contamination of Western Forest Products western hemlock orchard (170) and Sitka
spruce orchard (172). .................................................................................................................................... 52
Table 21. Fertilizer formulation. .................................................................................................................... 53
Table 22. Percent seedling damage after the first winter by damage class and female x male parent source. .. 58
Table 23. ....................................................................................................................................................... 59
Table 24. Number of samples sectioned of the five clones from each collection date. .................................... 66
Table 25. Developing female strobili found in the five clones collected from the KRS. ................................. 66
Table 26. Pollen receptivity and cone production of the five clones selected at KRS. .................................... 66
Table 27. Table showing the distribution of lateral shoot buds found in the five clones collected at KRS. ..... 66
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