51suppl:17-21
Vladimír Hynek
Breeding programmes of Norway spruce Picea abies (L.) Karst. in the Czech Republic
Dendrobiology 2004, vol. 51supplement: 17-21 Full text (pdf)
Abstract: In the Czech Republic, Norway spruce has a natural representation in all forest altitudinal vegetation zones, in some of which (FAVZ 1, 2 and 9), however, it is scarce. The three basic climatic ecotypes of spruce identified in the Czech territory, i.e. an upland ecotype, a higher elevation ecotype and a mountain ecotype, can be characterised on the basis of the forest altitudinal vegetation zones of their origin. The paper presents the breeding work completed so far and all the breeding programmes implemented for Norway spruce, including projects worked out for the Krkonoše National Park.
Additional key words: ecotype, altitudinal vegetation zone