ANNEX A: NOMENCLATURE OF RUBBER TREE CLONES
Adapted from C.C. Webster & Baulkwill, 1989.
There is no official international registration authority for Hevea cultivars, but cooperation between breeders and others in various countries has led to the general adoption of a system whereby a clone is designated by letters indicating its place of origin and a serial number assigned to it by workers at that place. Names of more than one word are abbreviated to the initial letters of each word in capitals without full-stop points between them, e.g. RRIM for Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia. Single word names are abbreviated by giving the initial capital letter only, by two letters if both are consonants, e.g. Ch for Chemara, or occasionally by three or more letters, e.g. Pil for Pilmoor. Some exceptions to these conventions are in use, either because they are long established, or to avoid confusion between similar names such as Tjiomas and Tjirandji. A space is left between the abbreviation of the name and the serial number. If the latter is prefixed or suffixed with a serial letter, this is run on with the number, e.g. Pil A44. Where a subdivision of a series is indicated by a number, this is shown by an oblique stroke, e.g. PB 5/63. The following list gives the names and abbreviations of the places of origin of the better known clone series.
AVROS Algemene Vereniging Rubberplanters Oostkust Sumatra
BD Bodjong Datar
Ch Cliemara
Ct Cultuurtuin
Ford Ford
FA Ford Acre
FB Ford Belem
FX Ford Cross
GI Glenshiel
GT Godang Tapen
GyT Goodyear T series
GyX Goodyear Cross
Har Harbel
HAPM Hollandsh Amerikaansche Plantage Maatschappij
IRCI Institut des Recherches sur le Caoutchouc en Indochine
IAN Instituto Agronomico do Norte
LCB Lands Caoutchouc Bedrijven Lun Lunderston
MDF Madre de Dios Firestone
MDX Madre de Dios Cross
MAP Malayan American Plantations
Nab Nabutemme
PPN Perusaha'an Perkebunan Negara
Pil Pilmoor
PB Prang Besar
PR Proefstation voor Rubber
RRIC Rubber Research Institute of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
RRII Rubber Research Institute of India
RRIM Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia
TR Terres Rouges
Tjiomas Tjiomas
Tjir Tjirandji
WR Wanggo Redjo
Most plantations of clonal seedlings are established with seed resulting from self or cross-pollination in isolated seed gardens which have been planted with clones of buddings selected for their ability to give high-yielding seedling families when crossed in all combinations. Seed collected from a mixture of clones in such a garden is designated by letters indicating the name of the garden, e.g. PBIG/GG 1 for Prang Besar Isolated Seed Garden, Gough Garden 1. Seed collected from budded trees of one clone in a polyclone planting is denoted by the abbreviation for that clone, e.g. PB 5/51 seed. Seed obtained from an isolated monoclone planting, i.e. resulting from selfing of, or crossing between, budded trees of one clone, is designated by the abbreviation appropriate to the clone, with the suffix M for monoclonal, e.g. PB 5/51 M seed. Such seed may be useful for raising rootstocks for budding.
List of Working Papers already released
APFSOS/WP/01 Regional Study - The South Pacific
APFSOS/WP/02 Pacific Rim Demand and Supply Situation, Trends and Prospects: Implications for Forest Products Trade in the Asia-Pacific Region
APFSOS/WP/03 The Implications of the GATT Uruguay Round and other Trade Arrangements for the Asia-Pacific Forest Products Trade
APFSOS/WP/04 Status, Trends and Future Scenarios for Forest Conservation including Protected Areas in the Asia-Pacific Region
APFSOS/WP/05 In-Depth Country Study - New Zealand
APFSOS/WP/06 In-Depth Country Study - Republic of Korea
APFSOS/WP/07 Country Report - Malaysia
APFSOS/WP/08 Country Report - Union of Myanmar
APFSOS/WP/09 Challenges and Opportunities: Policy options for the forestry sector in the Asia-Pacific Region
APFSOS/WP/10 Sources of Non-wood Fibre for Paper, Board and Panels Production: Status, Trends and Prospects for India
APFSOS/WP/11 Country Report - Pakistan
APFSOS/WP/12 Trends and Outlook for Forest Products Consumption, Production and Trade in the Asia-Pacific Region
APFSOS/WP/13 Country Report - Australia
APFSOS/WP/14 Country Report - China
APFSOS/WP/15 Japan - In-depth country study
APFSOS/WP/16 Country Report - Sri Lanka
APFSOS/WP/17 Forest Resources and Roundwood Supply in the Asia Pacific Countries: Situation and Outlook to Year 2010
APFSOS/WP/18 Country Report - Cambodia
APFSOS/WP/19 Wood Materials from Non-Forest Areas
APFSOS/WP/20 Forest Industry Structure and the Evolution of Trade Flows in the Asia-Pacific Region - Scenarios to 2010
APFSOS/WP/21 Decentralization and Devolution of Forest Management in Asia and the Pacific
APFSOS/WP/22 Commentary on Forest Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region (A Review for Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua-New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, And Western Samoa
APFSOS/WP/23 Asia Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook: Focus On Coconut Wood
APFSOS/WP/24 Ecotourism And Other Services Derived From Forests In The Asia-Pacific Region: Outlook To 2010
APFSOS/WP/25 Technology Scenarios in the Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector
APFSOS/WP/26 In-depth Country Report - India
APFSOS/WP/27 People and Forests: Situation and Prospects
APFSOS/WP/28 Non-Wood Forest Products Outlook Study for Asia and The Pacific: Towards 2010
APFSOS/WP/29 Opportunities for Forestry Investment in Asia and the Pacific Through Carbon Offset Initiatives
APFSOS/WP/30 Country Report - The Maldives
APFSOS/WP/31 Country Report - Vietnam
APFSOS/WP/32 Country Report - Nepal
APFSOS/WP/33 Country Report - The Philippines
APFSOS/WP/34 Regional Study on Wood Energy Today and Tomorrow in Asia
APFSOS/WP/35 The Status, Trends and Prospects for Non-Wood and Recycled Fibre Sources in China
APFSOS/WP/36 Outlook, Trends and Options with Special Reference to Legislation, Institutions and Capacity Building (A Review for Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Japan and Vietnam) (Draft)
APFSOS/WP/37 Perspectives of Environmental Civil Society Organizations on Forestry in the Asia-Pacific Region: Outlook To 2010
APFSOS/WP/38 Summary Of The Country Outlook: Lao PDR
APFSOS/WP/39 Forestry and Key Asian Watersheds (Issued by ICIMOD as ISBN 92 9115 760 0)
APFSOS/WP/40(a) FAO Outlook Study On Wood Based Panels Production, Consumption And Trade In The Asia Pacific Region 1996 to 2010
APFSOS/WP/40(b) FAO Outlook Study On Wood Based Panels Production, Consumption And Trade In The Asia Pacific Region - 1996 To 2010 - China Section Study On China's Wood-Based Panel Market Outlook For The Years 2000-2010
APFSOS/WP/41 Scenarios For Extra- And Inter-Sectoral Developments Of Forestry Outlook Study For Asia And The Pacific
APFSOS/WP/42 Country Report - Forestry Of Mongolia
APFSOS/WP/43 Asia-Pacific Forestry Statistics Compendium (Draft):
Volume I - Socio-Economic, Resources and Non-wood Products Statistics
Volume II - Wood Products Statistics
APFSOS/WP/44 Urban Forestry in the Asia-Pacific Region - Situation and Prospects
APFSOS/WP/45 Country report - Indonesia
APFSOS/WP/46 In-depth country report - Thailand
APFSOS/WP/47 Review of Economic and Social Developments in the Asia-Pacific Region with Projections to 2010
APFSOS/WP/48 Country Report - Bangladesh
APFSOS/WP/49 Review of Social and Economic Developments in the Asia-Pacific Region with Projections to 2010
APFSOS/WP/50 The Utilization, processing and demand for Rubberwood as a source of wood supply
