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eGIsTered sources oF reProducTIve maTerIaL
Although most of the beech forests are regenerated naturally (total area was 1,112 ha in 200 ), there
is a significant use and trade of reproductive material which may further increase with the growing
interest in drought-tolerant reproductive material. Seed sources and reproductive material production
are under control of the CAO1 , detailed data are presented in Tables 2 and 3. Seed production is
rhapsodic, and is strongly influenced by the weather conditions of the preceding vegetation period
(Mátyás 1969). Therefore often wildlings are lifted from natural regenerations (Tab. 3).
Delineation of seed zones by Cs. Mátyás followed available information on adaptive genetic variation
of the species, and climatic selection type (zone 5 being the most continental, while zone 3 the driest
and most endangered for beech). The five seed zones (provenance regions) for beech are shown in
Figure 5 (there is no beech in zone 6).
Note: Only 4 zones numbered in map
Fig. 5: The map of seed zones (provenance regions) valid for beech in Hungary (MÁTYÁS 2002)
Tab. 2: Approved sources of reproductive material of European beech registered in Hungary, by genetic
category* (2008 data by CAO, S. Bordács)
‘Selected’ (S) ‘Source identified’ (SI)
Total number of approved stands 60 87
Total area (ha) of approved stands 930 59,327
* there are no registered sources of beech in categories ‘Qualified’ and ‘Tested’.
1 Central Agricultural Office, Budapest (former OMMI)
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