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
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Tsum na 4740 3673 4400 5365 6480 4205
Tsum>24 na 299 74 48 456 1009 186
T>24 (hrs) na 12 3 2 18 39 7
VPDsum na 518 503 414 547 629 559
VPDsum2 na 39 45 28 67 130 49
VPD>2 (hrs) na 17 20 13 29 55 21
precipitation na 16.9 13.9 73.4 60.4 47.8 49.0
Table 13. Prepoll nat on (Apr l 1 to May 1 ).
Table 1: Prepollination(April 15 to May 15)
Table 2: Pollination (May 15 to May 31)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Tsum 3466 4100 3603 3771 3631 4156 3905
Tsum>24 104 1515 304 48 578 1480 1148
T>24 (hrs) 4 54 12 2 18 51 41
VPDsum 313 424 283 414 283 407 349
VPDsum>2 23 163 50 54 67 178 146
VPD>2 (hrs) 10 56 22 22 29 58 49
precipitation na 20.1 38.5 38.6 143.8 25.6 45.0
Table 1 . Poll nat on (May 1 to May 31).
Table 3: Fertilization and early embryo development (June)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Tsum 8257 7591 10061 9896 9895 7906 9612
Tsum>24 2128 1495 5013 4443 4861 1116 3318
T>24 (hrs) 79 56 179 161 172 42 116
VPDsum 701 630 1056 887 882 509 963
VPDsum>2 209 161 595 443 444 84 459
VPD>2 (hrs) 78 63 202 161 154 35 143
precipitation na 60.9 15.4 83.6 48.0 164.8 7.4
Table 1 . Fert l zat on and early embryo development (June).
Table 4: Seed cone differentiation (September)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Tsum 5240 7617 7102 7773 5811 6092 9612
Tsum>24 328 1528 5014 1896 322 323 3318
T>24 (hrs) 13 58 179 68 231 13 116
VPDsum 345 672 660 681 297 437 963
VPDsum>2 22 178 123 211 11 28 459
VPD>2 (hrs) 10 72 47 75 5 13 143
precipitation na 40.6 20.6 63.2 100.3 55.6 7.4
Table 16. Seed cone d fferent at on (September).
P R O J E C T R E P O R T 2 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7