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and Beočin) were established by propagated vegetative copies, as the basis of the collection of
secondary scions and further vegetative reproduction of plus trees. A beech clonal seed orchard
was established by planting grafts of 30 clones in the Arboretum «Šuplja Stena» on Mt. Avala near
Belgrade (Jovanović 19 1).
Within the last series of European provenance tests in 200 , funded by the Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Water Management RS, two provenance tests were established in Serbia: one on Mt.
Fruška Gora and the other in the Faculty of Forestry Teaching Centre at Debeli lug. The above tests
were established from two- and three-year old seedlings of 24 European provenances. The experiment
established on Fruška Gora is situated in FMU 3804 Popovica-Majdan-Zmajevac, compartment 29f,
managed by NP “Fruška Gora“. It is characterized by Northwest aspect, altitude 350 – 380 m, area
1 ha, with sample plot area 0.4 ha, on acid brown to lessivé acid brown soil, slope 11 – 15°. The
Faculty of Forestry site “Pripor-Felješana” at Debeli lug is at the altitude of 42 m, east aspect, ridge
of uniform slope, on humus-siliceous soil, with humid continental climate.
The monitoring of the development and phenology of the represented provenances started during
2008, within the project ”Research of forest tree genetic potential within the network of European
provenance tests” funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Republic
of Serbia.
Fig. 1: Location Debeli lug, Serbia, photo Mirjana Šijačić Nikolić, 2008
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