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Appendix 4
FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES PRIORITIES (BY REGION, SPECIES AND OPERATION)
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OperationImportance ratingOperational priority ratingRemarks
ExplorationEvaluationConservationUtilisation
SpeciesWood ProductionOther PurposesBotanicalGenecologicalCollection for TestingTesting (Provenance Trials)In SituCollection for ConservationStorage as Seed etc.Ex Situ in Artificial StandsUse of Bulk SuppliesIndividual Selection and Breeding
4. Caribbean, Central and South America          
Abies guatemalensis
3 3333------ 
Alnus jorullensis
 333333----- 
Araucaria angustifolia
1 11111-----(E) certain provenances
Bombacopsis quinatum
2 22221-----(E)
Cedrela odorata
1 2222111131and related species, for selection and breeding for resistance to Hypsipyla
Cordia alliodora
2 22222----- 
Cupressus lusitanica
3 33-------- 
Juglans spp.
2 2222------ 
Liquidambar styraciflua
2 2222------ 
Nothofagus spp.
2 2222------ 
Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis
1 3333111111(E)
Pinus caribaea var. caribaea
1 3333111111 
Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis
1 3333111111 
Pinus montezumae
2 2222------ 
Pinus occidentalis
 222222----- 
Pinus oocarpa
1 1133111111 
Pinus pseudostrobus/ tenuifolia
1 1111111--- 
Pinus strobus var. chiapensis
2 2222111---(E)
Pinus tropicalis
3 3333------ 
Swietenia humilis
 12222122221selection and breeding for resistance to Hypsipyla
Swietenia macrophylla
1 2222122221"   "   "   "
Swietenia mahagoni
 12222122221"   "   "   "
Terminalia amazonica
3 3333------ 
5. Northern and Central Europe            
Abies alba
2 ----2-----Sources in Rumania, Ukraine & Yugoslavia
Betula verrucosa
2 ---------3 
Fagus sylvatica
2 --------2 Sources in Slovakia and Rumania
Juglans regia
21----2----3Sources in S.E. Europe
Larix decidua
1 ---------3 
Larix sukaczewii
1 ---2----2- 
Picea abies
1 ---------3 
Pinus nigra
1 1111------ 
Pinus sylvestris
1 ---------3 
Populus nigra
2 ---------3 
Populus tremula
2 ---------3 
Quercus pedunculata
3 ---------3 
Quercus sessiliflora
3 ---------3 
Ulmus glabra
1 ---------3 
6. Mediterranean Region, Southern Europe and Near East        
Abies cephalonica
1 11112---12 
Abies nebrodensis
 1----1111--(E)
Abies nordmanniana/ bornmülleriana
2 3322----22 
Abies pinsapo
2 --2-2----- 
Cedrus atlantica
2 2222----12 
Cedrus libani
3 33221-----(E) in Lebanon
Cupressus sempervirens
1 -211----1-testing for resistance to Coryneum cardinale
Cupressus dupreziana
 111--111111(E)
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
1 --11-11111 
Picea omorica
3 -3--3----- 
Pinus brutia
1 -3-1-1--11provenance trials starting in 74–75
Pinus brutia var. eldarica
1 111111112-(E)
Pinus halepensis
1 ---1----11provenance trials starting in 74–75
Pinus nigra
1 1111---111 
Pinus peuce
3 33-------- 
Pinus pinaster
1 -222111111selection and breeding in progress
Pinus pinea
1 --------1- 
7. (a) North, North-East and Central Asia          
Abies pinceana
3 -33------- 
Abies pindrow
3 -33------- 
Abies sachalinensis
2 -222------of value for species hybridization
Abies spp. (Central and S. China)
 3-22-------ornamental, and breeding through species hybridization
Alnus sp.
22-22-------soil conservation, hybridization
Cedrus deodara
2 -22------- 
Chosenia arbutifolia
2 -22-------possible use for South America on “mini-rotation”
Cryptomeria japonica
2 ---------2of interest also to N.E. India
Cunninghamia lanceolata
3 -33------- 
Cupressus torulosa var.kashmiriana
2 -2-------2 
Juglans regia
 1----1-----nut crop in India
Larix leptolepis
1 ---------2 
Larix sibirica
1 --22------ 
Larix sukaczewii
1 --22----2- 
Picea asperata
3 -22-------largely unknown
Picea spp. (Central and S. China)
 2-22-------possibilities for use outside China
Pinus armandii
2 -22------- 
Pinus cembra
3 --1-------important for rust resistance breeding
Pinus griffithii
11--11-----1"   "   "
Pinus koraiensis
3 -33------- 
Pinus massoniana
3 --3------- 
Pinus morrisonicola
1 ----111---(E)
Pinus pentaphylla
1 ----111---(E)
Pinus roxburghii
11--11-----1important for rust resistance breeding and for resin
Pinus sylvestris
1 --11------Siberian provenances little used outside USSR
Populus nigra
1 -11------- 
Populus ciliata
2 -22------- 
Populus maximowiczii
1 -111------ 
Populus suaveolens
2 -22------- 
Populus spp. (Central and N.E. Asia)
2 -11-------important for further breeding
Populus yunnanensis
3 -33------- 

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