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Prospects of cultivation of Jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) on sandy soils of natural–technogenic origin in Kyiv Polissia Cover

Prospects of cultivation of Jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) on sandy soils of natural–technogenic origin in Kyiv Polissia

Folia Forestalia Polonica
Volume 64 (2022): Issue 2 (June 2022)
By: Fedir Brovko,  Vasyl Yukhnovskyi,  Dmytro Brovko,  Olha Brovko,  Victoria Minder and  Yurii Urliuk  
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|May 2022

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Figure 1

Jack pine self-seeding, which appeared on the sands after the fire. Rovzhiv Forestry: block 88, plot 7. Age – 8 years.
Jack pine self-seeding, which appeared on the sands after the fire. Rovzhiv Forestry: block 88, plot 7. Age – 8 years.

Figure 2

Population of a metre–thick layer of displaced sands with pine roots in a 33-year–old stand with a composition of 7Sp3Jp: A – in the Scots pine rows; B – between the Scots pine and Jack pine rows and C – in the Jack pine row
Population of a metre–thick layer of displaced sands with pine roots in a 33-year–old stand with a composition of 7Sp3Jp: A – in the Scots pine rows; B – between the Scots pine and Jack pine rows and C – in the Jack pine row

Figure 3

Cones and seeds collected in a 29-year-old pine plantation growing on displaced sands: (a) cones: (1, 2) – Scots pine, with varying degrees of severity of the apophysis surface, (3, 4) – Jack pine, with a smooth apophysis shape – before heat treatment (3) and after 15 min of heating in a thermostat at a temperature of 90°C (4); (b) seed with lionfish: (5) – Scots pine, (6) – Jack pine; (c) general type of seeds: (7) – Scots pine, (8) – Jack pine
Cones and seeds collected in a 29-year-old pine plantation growing on displaced sands: (a) cones: (1, 2) – Scots pine, with varying degrees of severity of the apophysis surface, (3, 4) – Jack pine, with a smooth apophysis shape – before heat treatment (3) and after 15 min of heating in a thermostat at a temperature of 90°C (4); (b) seed with lionfish: (5) – Scots pine, (6) – Jack pine; (c) general type of seeds: (7) – Scots pine, (8) – Jack pine

Biometric indicators of pine plantations grown on displaced sands

TTHIndicatorsSpeciesDifferences from Scots pine
Scots pine ‘control’Jack pine%t
3Composition of plantation – 10Sp + Jp. Block 83, plot 10. Age – 32 years
Height [m]8.8 ± 0.115.7 ± 0.10−35.220.8
Diameter [cm]22.3 ± 0.9816.5 ± 0.91−26.04.3
Square of crown projection [m2]17.2 ± 0.2711.7 ± 0.72−32.07.2
Current increment in height [cm]27.217.5−35.7–
Class of productivityIIIIV––
4Compositions of plantation – 7Sp3Jp. Block 83, plot 3. Age – 33 years
Heigh [m]16.5 ± 0.0612.8 ± 0.10−22.431.7
Diameter [cm]17.0 ± 0.3611.5 ± 0.30−32.411.7
Current increment in height [cm]5039−22.0–
Density0.640.27−57.9–
Stock of trunk wood [m3/ha]21173−65.0–
Class of productivityIa ––

Comparative analyses of biometric indicators of pine plantations growing on alluvial sands

TTPIndicatorsSpeciesDifferences from Scots pine
Scots pine ‘control’Jack pine%t
Rovzhiv forestryComposition of plantation – 10Sp + Jp. Block 106, plot 4. Age – 22 years
Height [m]9.2 ± 0.417.3 ± 0.39−20.33.4
Diameter [cm]14.2 ± 0.6911.5 ± 0.85−19.02.5
Square of crown projection [m2]7.99 ± 0.305.80 ± 0.36−27.44.7
Current increment in height [cm]41.333.2−19.6–
Class of productivityIII––
Pirnovo forestryComposition of plantation – 10Sp + Jp. Block 119, plot 4. Age – 26 years
Height [m]4.8 ± 0.064.7 ± 0.17−2.10.7
Diameter [cm]5.3 ± 0.166.0 ± 0.7113.21.0
Current increment in height [cm]18.518.1−2.2–
Class of productivityIVIV––

Biometric indicators of Scots pine and Jack pine cones collected in a 29-year-old plantation growing on displaced sands

IndicatorsSpeciesDifferences from Scots pine
Scots pine ‘control’Jack pine%t
Length [cm]4.2 ± 0.604.8 ± 0.0614.31.0
Diameter [cm]2.2 ± 0.151.6 ± 0.01−27.34.0
Mass of one cone [g]6.0 ± 0.196.3 ± 0.065.01.5
Number of seeds in the cone [pc.]24 ± 0.8572 ± 3.03200.015.2
Seed yield from cone [%]2.6 ± 0.113.7 ± 0.1242.36.8

Quality indicators of Scots pine and Jack pine seeds harvested in 29-year-old plantation growing on displaced sands

IndicatorsSpeciesDifferences from Scots pine
Scots pine ‘control’Jack pine%t
Length [mm]4.2 ± 0.143.7 ± 0.10−11.92.9
Diameter [mm]2.7 ± 0.072.0 ± 0.03−25.99.2
Mass of 1000 seeds [g]6.4 ± 0.233.2 ± 0.08−50.031.1
Germination energy for day 7 [%]technical56 ± 2.166 ± 0.0917.84.4
absolute85 ± 1.888 ± 0.83.51.5
Germinationtechnical in day [%]327 ± 1.551 ± 0.988.913.7
548 ± 2.563 ± 0.413.15.9
756 ± 2.166 ± 0.917.84.4
1060 ± 1.870 ± 0.816.75.1
1462 ± 1.972 ± 0.816.14.8
absolute in day341 ± 1.668 ± 1.365.913.1
573 ± 2.384 ± 0.815.14.5
785 ± 1.888 ± 0.83.51.5
1091 ± 1.194 ± 0.63.32.4
1494 ± 1.096 ± 1.02.11.4
Among the ingeminatedempty35 ± 1.224 ± 0.6−31.48.2
healthy3 ± 0.43 ± 0.80–
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2022-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677
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Language: English
Page range: 90 - 99
Submitted on: Jan 16, 2022
Accepted on: Feb 8, 2022
Published on: May 27, 2022
Published by: Forest Research Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
biometric indicators,
displaced sands,
sandy soils,
seed production,
soil occupancy by roots,
quality indicators of seeds
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science,
Medicine,
Veterinary medicine

© 2022 Fedir Brovko, Vasyl Yukhnovskyi, Dmytro Brovko, Olha Brovko, Victoria Minder, Yurii Urliuk, published by Forest Research Institute
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