Introduction of successful and high yielding poplar clones for cultivation in the central regions of the country

Document Type : Scientific Letters

Authors

1 Assistant Prof., Research Institute of Forests and Rangeland, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

2 Senior Research Expert, Research institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.

3 Associate Prof., Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The country is currently facing a severe shortage of wood, making wood and cellulose factories in danger of closure and on the other hand, rising wood prices is a serious threat to the destruction of natural forests, which is contributing to the expansion of wood smuggling. The development of wood production through wood farming with fast growing species such as poplar is due to the increasing demand for wood consumption and the inability to provide the domestic supply due to the implementation of the forest rest plan and the significant currency outflow for wood imports. Also, the development of wood technology and its products and the revival of industries, employment and income generated by wood are inevitable for the country. Increasing the level of cultivation of fast growing species in the prone areas of the country including the central regions with high producing and compatible cultivars and development of wood farming in semi-arid regions through improving water and irrigation productivity as well as the use of unconventional water in the metropolitan margin can partly offset the shortage of wood. The purpose of implementing compatibility plans is to introduce superior indigenous and non-indigenous cultivars and to promote appropriate planting techniques to produce the crops needed for the industry. Different amounts of product are produced depending on the climatic conditions of the region, the type of clones as well as the quality of the various operations such as planting, growing and harvesting. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce new cultivars with high growth rate and resistant for each region.

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Iran Nature
Volume 4, Issue 6 - Serial Number 19
January and February 2020
Pages 53-70

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