Laboratory of Population Genetics

 

 

Head: Prof. Władysław Chałupka

Scientific staff:
  • Prof. Władysław Chałupka Adres poczty elektronicznej jest chroniony przed robotami spamującymi. W przeglądarce musi być włączona obsługa JavaScript, żeby go zobaczyć.
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Technical staff:
  • Henryka Przybył

Research interests:

The Laboratory of Population Genetics started tree improvement work in the 1950s establishing criteria for selection of plus trees in Poland. Many such trees were selected for different species of forest trees by the Department staff and the first Polish clonal seed orchards were established in Kórnik based on these early selections. This work eventually aroused interest in the State Forest Administration, it was taken over by them and is being continued on regular basis till today under supervision of the Forest Research Institute in Warsaw. However research on methods of seed orchard management was continued in Kórnik and an original method of systematic lay-out of clones was developed in the early 1960s. It was employed for forest seed orchards in many countries until it was replaced by computerised methods. Many older seed orchards around the world still follow this design.

Since early 1970s studies on the physiology of flower induction in conifers became one of the most important projects in the Laboratory. The studies are carried out both in laboratory and field conditions. They include testing the influence of various physical conditions (mostly climatic) and chemical compounds (mineral fertilisers and growth regulators) on flower induction and seed bearing. Anatomical and cytological studies are conducted on the development of shoot apices and in early 1980s the role of light in flower primordia initiation was investigated using fiber optics.

Seed orchards proved to be useful for breeding by controlled crossings. The F1 progeny of cross-pollinated clones was used to establish experimental plots. New types of seed orchards were also established such as a restitution seed orchard (to reclaim a superb population existing only in experimental plots) and an out-breeding seed orchard (combining several distant populations all of great adaptability as demonstrated by provenance experiments).

Since the early 1960s, the staff of the Laboratory has been involved in setting up provenance experimental plots to study inter- and intra-population genetic variation of forest trees of different species, their genotype x environment interaction and to select elite trees for second generation seed orchards. Recently a project of establishing second generation seed orchards of Scots pine and Norway spruce is carried out by the State Forest Administration under supervision of the Department. The Laboratory is also involved in numerous international provenance experiments organised under IUFRO auspices. Comprehensive analyses of data from many international provenance experiments became a speciality of the Laboratory on a world-wide scale and many valuable papers were published on the subject by the Laboratory staff.

In greenhouse conditions research of the type of early tests is done under controlled levels of mineral nutrition. The aim is to determine the provenance and progeny variability in reaction to different environmental conditions.

List of selected grants and scientific studies

  • Provenance, family and individual variation of forest tree species in relation to site conditions (project financed by the Institute of Dendrology)
  • Regulation of generative processes in conifers (project financed by the Institute of Dendrology)
  • Effect of environmental pollution on generative reproduction of Scots pine (project financed by the Committee for Scientific Investigations)
  • Intraspecific genetic variation in Quercus robur L. (project financed by the Forest Research Institute)
  • Programming of biodiversity for the second generation seed orchards (project financed by the State Forest Service)
  • Genetic variation of selected Scots pine seed stands and their progenies (project financed by the State Forest Service)
  • Starch, protein and lipid content in Norway spruce shoot apical primordia during winter dormancy (project financed by the Institute of Dendrology)
  • DNA levels in the cell of the embryonic shoot of spruce during dormancy and spring activation. (project financed by the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research)

 

 

Field experiments lead by the Population Genetics Laboratory

Oaks

  1. Provenance experiment est. in 1967, 1 site, 9 populations from Poland
  2. Provenance experiment est. 1992, 1site, 19 populations from 7 European countries
  3. Provenance-family experiment est. 1996, 1 site (part of a larger series), 3 populations, 24 families
  4. Provenance-family experiment est. 1999, 1 site (part of a larger series), 7 populations, 59 families

Ash

  1. Clone archive of ash plus trees from Poland, est. 1964, 1 site, 24 clones.

Beech

  1. Provenance experiment est. in 1996, 1 site (part of a larger series), 47 populations from Poland

Larch

  1. Seed orchard est. 1964, 58 clones of plus trees from Poland
  2. Family experiment est. 1968 and 1975, 28 open-pollinated families from Świętokrzyskie Mountains

Norway spruce

  1. Second generation seed orchard, est. 1981 105 clones from Poland and Ukraine
  2. Seed orchard, est. 1968, 118 clones from Poland
  3. Second generation seed orchard of Kolonowskie spruce provenance, est. 1981, 109 clones
  4. Provenance experiment, est. 1969, 4 sites, 27-37 populations from Poland, Germany and Sweden
  5. Provenance-family experiment, est. 1980, 1 site,10 populations, 92 families
  6. Provenance-family experiment, est. 1972, 1 site, 24 populations, 80 families from Beskidy Mts., Finland, and Belgium
  7. Provenance-family experiment, est. 1976, 2 sites, 22 populations, 93-95 families from northeastern Poland
  8. Family experiment, est. 1995, 1 site, 24 families from Istebna region
  9. Family experiment, est. 1998, 1 site, 206 families from second generation seed orchard of Kolonowskie spruce provenance
  10. Family experiment, est. 1999, 1 site, 99 families from second generation seed orchard
  11. Progeny tests of Kolonowskie spruce provenance, est. 2009, 3 sites, 75-78 families

 

Selected publications:

  1. Monographs, manuals etc.
    1. Chałupka W., Wesoły W. 2000. Nowoczesne sposoby wzmagania obradzania nasion. In: Nowe techniki w nasiennictwie leśnym (ed. B. Suszka). Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Warszawa: 17 - 22.
    2. Giertych M. 1998 (coauthor). Wielojęzyczny słownik terminów leśnych i drzewnych. SITLiD, Warszawa.
    3. Shutyaev A.M., Giertych M. 2003. Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Eurasia - a map album of provenance site interactions. Institute of Dendrology. Kórnik, ss.266
    4. Chałupka W. 2006. Początki badań genetycznych drzew leśnych w Kórniku. In: Elementy genetyki i hodowli selekcyjnej drzew leśnych. Sabo J. (ed.). CILP pp. 671
    5. Chałupka W. 2006. Procesy rozmnażania generatywnego a ochrona zasobów genowych w drzewostanach. In: Elementy genetyki i hodowli selekcyjnej drzew leśnych. Sabo J. (red.). CILP pp. 671
    6. Fober H. 2006. Czy istnieją edafotypy drzew. W: Elementy genetyki i hodowli selekcyjnej drzew leśnych. Sabo J. (ed.). CILP pp. 671
    7. Giertych M. 2006. Pozytywne oddziaływanie człowieka na strukturę genetyczną populacji drzew leśnych. In: Elementy genetyki i hodowli selekcyjnej drzew leśnych. Sabo J. (ed.). CILP pp. 671
    8. Chałupka W. 2007. Reproductive development. W: Biology and ecology of Norway spruce. Tjoelker M.G., Boratyński A., Bugała W. (red.), Forestry Scences 78: 97-106
    9. Fober H. 2007. Mineral nutrion. W: Biology and ecology of Norway spruce. Tjoelker M.G., Boratyński A., Bugała W. (red.), Forestry Scences 78: 80-95
    10. Giertych M. 2007. Provenance variation and inheritance. W: Biology and ecology of Norway spruce. Tjoelker M.G., Boratyński A., Bugała W. (red.), Forestry Scences 78: 115-147
    11. Hejnowicz A. 2007. Anatomy, embryology and karyology. Bud structure and shoot development. W: Biology and ecology of Norway spruce. Tjoelker M.G., Boratyński A., Bugała W. (red.), Forestry Scences 78: 49-70
    12. Chałupka W. 2006. Faza rozwoju generatywnego w ontogenezie. W: Dęby (red. Bugała W., Boratyński A.). Nasze Drzewa Leśne. Poznań-Kórnik. Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe. 184-211
    13. Fober H. 2006. Odżywianie mineralne. W: Dęby (red. Bugała W., Boratyński A.). Nasze Drzewa Leśne. Poznań-Kórnik. Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe. 232-264
    14. Giertych M. 2006. Genetyka populacyjna. W: Dęby (red. Bugała W., Boratyński A.). Nasze Drzewa Leśne. Poznań-Kórnik. Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe. 591-639
    15. Guzicka M., Hejnowicz A. 2006. Anatomia i embriologia. W: Dęby (red. Bugała W., Boratyński A.). Nasze Drzewa Leśne. Poznań-Kórnik. Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe. 147-165
    16. Guzicka M. Woźny A. 2006. Typy komórek. W: Biologia komórki roślinnej (red. Wojtaszek P., Woźny A., Ratajczak L.). Warszawa. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. 328-357

  2. Papers:
    1. Chałupka W., Rożkowski R. 2000. Effect of polluted environment on the female and male strobili bearing of European Scots pine provenances. Dendrobiology 45: 17 - 21.
    2. Chmura D. J. 2000. Analysis of results from a 59 - years - old provenance experiment with Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in Lubień, Poland. Dendrobiology 45: 23-29.
    3. Chmura D. J. 2000 Rezultaty badań 84-letniego doświadczenia proweniencyjnego z sosną zwyczajną (Pinus sylvestris L.) w Puławach. Sylwan 144 (1):19-25.
    4. Giertych M. 2000 Wartość genetyczna świerka (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) z terenu poza jego zasięgiem w Polsce. Sylwan, 144 (3): 19-31.
    5. Giertych M. 2000 Zmienność genetyczna buka. Zeszyty Naukowe AR im. H. Kołłątaja w Krakowie, 69 (358): 35-45.
    6. Rożkowski R. 2000 Proweniencje modrzewia dla Polski. Sylwan 144 (1): 87-107.
    7. Shutyaev A.M., Giertych M. 2000. Genetic subdivision of the range of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) based on a transcontinental provenance experiment. Silvae Genetica 49 (3): 137 - 151.
    8. Giertych M. 2001. Troska o bioróżnorodność. Zeszyty Naukowe AR Kraków, Nr 387: 263 - 275.
    9. Giertych M. 2001. The 1964/68 IUFRO Inventory Provenance Test of Norway Spruce. W. Bałut S., Sabor J. 2001. Inventory provenance test of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) IPTNS-IUFRO 1964/68 in Krynica. Wyd. AR Kraków: 7-10.
    10. Giertych M. 2001. Rola informacji w funkcjonowaniu przyrody w kontekście sporu o ewolucję. Filozofia Nauki 9, 2 (34): 19-29.
    11. Guzicka M. 2001. Changes in starch distribution within an embryonic shoot of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] before resumption of mitotic activity. Dendrobiology 46: 27-31.
    12. Kosmowska-Ceranowicz B., Giertych M., Miller H. 2001 Cedarite from Wyoming: infrared and radiocarbon data. Prace Muzeum Ziemi 46:77-80.
    13. Oleksyn J., Reich P.B., Tjoelker M., Chałupka W. 2001. Biogeographic differences in shoot elongation pattern among European Scots pine populations. For. Ecol. Manage. 148: 207 - 220.
    14. Rożkowski R., Giertych M., Maj-Lewandowska A. 2001. A 23-year old spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst] provenance trial of the IUFRO 1972 series in Kórnik. Folia Forestalia Polonica
    15. Chmura D.J. 2002. Fenologia wiosennego rozwoju polskich proweniencji dębu szypułkowego (Quercus robur L.) i bezszypułkowego (Q. petraea [Matt.] Liebl.). Sylwan 146 (4): 97 - 103.
    16. Chmura D. J., Rożkowski R. 2002. Variability of beech provenances in spring and autumn phenology. Silvae Genet. 51 (2-3): 123-127. PDF
    17. Guzicka M., Woźny A., 2002. Cytomixis in the shoot apical meristem of the Norway spruce. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, Vol. 7, supplement: 283.
    18. Chmura D.J., Giertych M., Rożkowski R. 2003. Early height growth of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) progenies from Polish clonal seed orchards. Dendrobiology 49: 15-23
    19. Guzicka M., Woźny A. 2003. Mid-winter ultrastructural changes in the vegetative embryonic shoot of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.]. Ann. For. Sci. 60: 461 - 466.
    20. Guzicka M., Woźny A. 2003. Time of spring activation of Norway spruce clones of different origin. Polish Journal of Natural Sciences. Suppl. 1: 203
    21. Pukacki P., Chałupka W. 2003. Environmental pollution changes in membrane lipids, antioxidants and vitality of Scots (Pinus sylvestris L.) pollen. Acta. Soc. Bot. Pol. 72: 99-104
    22. Chałupka W. 2003. 70 Years of the Institute of Dendrology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kórnik, Poland. Silvae Genet. 52 (3-4): 180.
    23. Burczyk J., Lewandowski A., Chałupka W. 2004. Local pollen dispersal and distant gene flow in Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.). For. Ecol. Manage. 197: 39 - 48.
    24. Guzicka M., Woźny A. 2004. Cytomixis in shoot apex of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.]. Trees - Structure and Function. 18 (6): 722 - 724.
    25. Chałupka W., Rożkowski R. 2004. Flowering of Picea abies (L.) Karst. clones of Istebna origin in the Kórnik seed orchard. Dendrobiology 51 (Suppl.): 7 - 10.
    26. Fober H. 2004. Genetic reactivity of Norway spruce Picea abies (L.) Karst. to soil fertility. Dendrobiology 51 (Suppl.): 57-63.
    27. Rożkowski R. 2004. Breeding value of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) from the Kłodzko Forest District (SW Poland). J. For. Sci. 50(1): 17 - 23.
    28. Guzicka M., Woźny A. 2004. Ultrastructural changes of plastids in the two zones of the Norway spruce embryonic shoot during spring activation. The 14th FESPB Congress Book of Abstracts. Acta Physiol. Plant. Vol. 26, No.3 Supplement: 52.
    29. Fober H. 2004. An assessment of family variation of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) of the Kolonowskie provenance from a reconstitution seed orchard. Silvae Genetica 53: 249-253.
    30. Chmura D.J. 2006. Phenology differs among Norway spruce populations in relation to local variation in altitude of maternal stands in the Beskidy Mountains. New Forests 32: 21-31
    31. Misiorny A., Chałupka W. 2006. Flowering and cone bearing of Picea abies grafts in second-generation seed orchards. Dendrobiology 56: 51-59
    32. Chmura D.J., Rahman M.S., Tjoelker M.G. 2007. Crown structure and biomass allocation patterns modulate aboveground productivity in young loblolly pine and slash pine. Forest Ecology and Management 243: 219-230. ABSTRACT
    33. Kosinska J., Lewandowski A., Chalupka W. 2007. Genetic Variability of Scots Pine Maternal Populations and Their Progenies. Silva Fennica 41: 5-12.
    34. Rożkowski R., Chałupka W. Misiorny A., Giertych M. 2007. Early evaluation of open pollinated of spring from Polish seedling seed orchards of Scott pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). Dendrobiology 57: 35-48
    35. Misiorny A. 2007. Występowanie obupłciowych kwiatów na świerku pospolitym. Sylwan 7:25-28
    36. Chmura D.J., Tjoelker M.G. 2008. Leaf traits in relation to crown development, light interception, and growth of elite families of loblolly and slash pine. Tree Physiology 28, 729-742 ABSTRACT
    37. Chałupka W., Mejnartowicz L., Lewandowski A. 2008. Reconstitution of a lost forest tree population: a case study of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.). Forest Ecology and Management. 255: 2103-2108
    38. Hazubska-Przybył T., Bojarczuk K., Guzicka M. 2008. Structure of embryogenic tissues and accumulation of storage materials in somatic embryos of Picea abies and P. omorica. Dendrobiology. 60:19-28
    39. Chmura D.J., Tjoelker M.G., Martin T.A. 2009. Environmental and genetic effects on crown shape in young loblolly pine plantations. Can. J. For. Res. 39:691-698 ABSTRACT
    40. Chmura D.J., Howe G.T., Anderson P.D., St.Clair J.B., 2010. Przystosowanie drzew, lasów i leśnictwa do zmian klimatycznych. Sylwan 154 (9): 587-602. ABSTRACT
    41. Zieliński J., Guzicka M., Tomaszewski D., Maciejewska-Rutkowska I. 2010. Pericarp anatomy of wild roses (Rosa L., Rosaceae). Flora 205 (6): 363-369
    42. Tomlik-Wyremblewska A., Zieliński J., Guzicka M. 2010. Morphology and anatomy of blackberry pyrenes (Rubus L., Rosaceae) Elementary studies of the European representatives of the genus Rubus L. Flora 205 (6): 370-375
    43. Zieliński J., Tomaszewski D., Guzicka M., Maciejewska-Rutkowska I. 2010. Stomata on the pericarp of species of the genus Rosa L. (Rosaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 284 (1-2): 49-55
    44. Chmura D.J., Anderson P.D., Howe G.T., Harrington C.A., Halofsky J., Peterson D.L., Shaw D.C., St.Clair J. B. 2011. Forest responses to climate change in the nortwestern United States: Ecophysiological foundations for adaptive management. Forest Ecology and Management 261 (7): 1121-1142 ABSTRACT
    45. Rożkowski R., Chmura D.J., Chałupka W., Guzicka M. 2011. Cechy przyrostowe i jakościowe modrzewia polskiego [Larix decidua subsp. polonica (Racib.) Domin] z Góry Chełmowej w 37-letnim doświadczeniu rodowym. Sylwan 155 (9): 599-609 ABSTRACT 
    46.  Chmura D.J., Rożkowski R., Chałupka W. 2012. Growth and phenology variation in progeny of Scots pine seed orchards and commercial seed stands. Accepted in the European Journal of Forest Science
  3. Scientific publications for the general public:
    1. Giertych M. 2000 Wykorzystanie doświadczeń proweniencyjnych i rodowych. Leśny Bank Genów, zeszyt 15: 5-13.
    2. Giertych M. 2000 Selekcja i genetyka drzew leśnych w Instytucie Dendrologii PAN w Kórniku. "Polskie Towarzystwo leśne w służbie lasów i społeczeństwa". Materiały sesji naukowej towarzyszącej Jubileuszowemu 100 Zjazdowi PTL. 7-9.IX.200: 135-144.
    3. Giertych M., Rożkowski R. 2000. Populacje modrzewia (Larix decidua Mill.) z Bliżyna. Komunikaty Leśnego Banku Genów Kostrzyca 21, t. 1: 59 - 76.
    4. Rożkowski R. 2000. Zmienność genetyczna modrzewia w świetle europejskich doświadczeń proweniencyjnych. Komunikaty Leśnego Banku Genów Kostrzyca 21, t. 2: 136 - 144.
    5. Bartkowiak W., Lorenc M., Łucka R., Rożkowski R., Tomczak M. 2001. Przyroda ziemi kórnickiej. P.W. Instar, Swarzędz.
    6. Lewandowski A., Samoćko J., Chałupka W. 2002. Analiza struktury genetycznej spopulacji matecznej sosny zwyczajnej (Pinus sylvestris L.) i jej potomstw. Działalność Naukowa PAN - wybrane zagadnienia, z. 13, maj 2002: 45 - 46.
    7. Chałupka W. 2002. Wybrane zagadnienia z problematyki kwitnienia i obradzania nasion na plantacjach nasiennych. Postępy Techniki w Leśnictwie 82: 41-46
    8. Chałupka W. 2003. Współczesne trendy w badaniach genetycznych drzew leśnych. Prace IBL. Ser. A, 1: 69-75
    9. Chałupka W. 2003. Lasy zagrożone. Nasz Dziennik 184: 12
    10. Chałupka W. 2003. 70th Anniversary of the Institute of Dendrology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kórnik. IUFRO e-Notes, 4:2
    11. Chałupka W. 2004. 70 years of the Institute of Dendrology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kórnik, Poland. Forest Genetics 11 (1): 86.
    12. Chałupka W. 2004. Pionierzy nowoczesnego leśnictwa i polskiej edukacji leśnej w Poznańskiem. W: Prof. dr h.c. Józef Rivoli 1838 - 1926: In Memoriam. Poznań: 17 - 20.
    13. Chałupka W. 2004. Instytut Dendrologii PAN w Kórniku. Las Polski 1 (special issue): 24.
    14. Chałupka W. 2008. 75 lat Instytutu Dendrologii w Kórniku (1933 - 2008):
      wybrane karty z historii. Rocznik Dendrologiczny 56: 53-73.