During the past decade, seed collections for international provenance trials have been made of 32 provenances of Pinus halepensis, 16 of Pinus brutia, 3 of Pinus eldarica and 10 of Abies cephalonica. These operations have been coordinated by Professor R. Morandini of the Istituto Sperimentale per la Selvicoltura in Italy on behalf of FAO's Committee for Mediterranean Forest Research, with financial support from FAO. Field collecting was carried out by the Forest Research Institute in Athens (Dr. Panetsos) for the Abies, and by forestry institutes in a number of different countries for the pines.
The geographic location and climatic data, where available, of each provenance are listed in Table 1 (Pinus) and Table 2 (Abies). Approximate geographic location is also shown on the accompanying maps. In the case of a number of the pine provenances and all the Abies provenances, seeds from individual mother trees were collected and stored separately.
Seed has been distributed for provenance trials to a number of research institutes, which are listed in Table 3.
For the pine provenance trials, procedures recommended were:
Short-term trials (10 years duration). A minimum of two series of trials, each of single-tree plots with 30 replications. Spacing 3 × 3 m.
Medium-term trials (15–20 years duration). Plots of 25, 36 or 49 plants, with 8 replications arranged in complete or incomplete randomised blocks. Spacing 3 × 3 m.
Seed is still available of some provenances. Enquiries should be addressed to:
Professor R. Morandini
Istituto Sperimentale per la Selvicoltura
52100 Arezzo
Italy.
TABLE 1: INTERNATIONAL TRIALS OF PINUS HALEPENSIS AND P. BRUTIA
List of Provenances (A = P. halepensis, B = P. brutia, E = P. eldarica)
| Provenances | Country | latitude | longitude | altitude | mean annual rainfall | mean annual temperature | single tree collections | ||
| A | 1 | Albania | Albania | 40°37 | 19°25 E | 2 | - | ||
| A | 2 | Elea | Greece | 37°46 | 21°32 | 200 | 31 | ||
| A | 3 | Euboea | " | 38°58 | 23°18 | 150–250 | 25 | ||
| A | 4 | Chalkidike I | " | 40°11 | 23°21 | 50–200 | 25 | ||
| A | 5 | Chalkidike II | " | 40°03 | 23°44 | 60–80 | 25 | ||
| A | 6 | Shaharia | Israel | 31°36 | 34°50 | 200 | 26 | ||
| A | 7 | Elkosh | " | 33°01 | 35°18 | 500 | 17 | ||
| A | 8 | Sakiet Sidi Y | Tunisia | 36°15 | 8°25 | - | |||
| A | 9 | Oum Djeddour | " | 35°38 | 8°57 | - | |||
| A | 10 | Djebel Selloum | " | 35°05 | 8°40 | - | |||
| A | 11 | Aures Tababuel | Algeria | 35°10 | 6°50 | 500 | 13° | - | |
| A | 29 | Aures Beni Melloul | " | 35°10 | 6°50 | - | |||
| A | 30 | Senalba | " | - | |||||
| A | 31 | Telagh | " | - | |||||
| A | 32 | Ouarsenis | " | 35°05 | 5°04 | - | |||
| A | 12 | Zaouia Ifrane | Morocco | 33°15 | 5°23 W | 1200 | 827 1 | 15°2 1 | - |
| A | 13 | J. Afra selminte | " | 30°44 | 7°55 | 1700 | - | ||
| A | 14 | Ouardane Bouksane | " | 35°03 | 5°08 | 950 | 1386 2 | - | |
| A | 15 | Tamga Zaouia | " | 32°02 | 6°07 | 2000 | 594 3 | 12°7 | - |
| A | 16 | Soportujar | Spain | 37°10 | 3°15 | 800 | - | ||
| A | 17 | Guadalmedina | " | 37°02 | 2°15 | 1000 | - | ||
| A | 18 | Maria | " | 37°40 | 2°10 | 1200 | - | ||
| A | 19 | Cehegin | " | 38°05 | 1°55 | 850 | - | ||
| A | 20 | Jarafuel | " | 38°55 | 1°00 | 600 | - | ||
| A | 21 | Serra | " | 39°50 | 0°28 | 300 | - | ||
| A | 22 | Montmell | " | 41°24 | 1°32 E | 400 | - | ||
| A | 23 | Tarrasa | " | 41°28 | 2°06 | 250 | - | ||
| A | 24 | Gemenos | France | 43°25 | 5°40 | 150 | - | ||
| A | 25 | Imperia | Italy | 43°54 | 8°03 E | 200 | - | ||
| A | 26 | Otricoli | " | 42°24 | 12°38 | 400 | 830 | 14°7 | 25 |
| A | 27 | Vico del Gargano | " | 41°54 | 16°00 | 150–300 | 350–650 | 18°0 | 20 |
| A | 28 | Patemisco | " | 40°39 | 17°20 | 5 | 500 | 16°7 | 27 |
| B | 1 | Chania | Greece | 35°17 | 23°57 | 300–1400 | 980 | 17°0 | 33 |
| B | 2 | Kavala | " | 40°48 | 24°42 | 20–180 | 450 | 18°0 | 25 |
| B | 3 | Lassithiou | " | 35°06 | 25°32 | 1100 | 900 | 15°8 | 27 |
| B | 4 | Alexandropolis | " | 41°08 | 26°13 | 200 | 700 | 14°8 | 25 |
| B | 5 | Cyprus | Cyprus | 35°08 | 33°17 | 100–200 | - | ||
| B | 6 | Marmaris | Turkey | 37°00 | 28°18 | 100–250 | 1187 | 18°5 | 18 |
| B | 7 | Isparta | " | 38°04 | 29°32 | 1050–1150 | 628 | 12°0 | 16 |
| B | 8 | Düzlerçani | " | 37°03 | 30°25 | 100–250 | 8 | ||
| B | 9 | Panuçak | " | 37°40 | 30°41 | 750–1250 | 1056 | 18°6 | 22 |
| B | 10 | Bozburum | " | 37°21 | 30°45 | 200–300 | - | ||
| B | 11 | Bakara | " | 36°09 | 32°43 | 100–200 | 25 | ||
| B | 12 | Silifke | " | 36°13 | 33°43 | 629 | 19°0 | 25 | |
| B | 13 | Camgölü | " | 41°50 | 35°20 | 70 | 721 | 14°3 | 25 |
| B | 14 | Baspinar | " | 37°48 | 35°15 | 10 | |||
| B | 15 | Kisildag | " | 36°21 | 35°58 | 300–500 | 1153 | 18°2 | - |
| B | 16 | Zawita | Iraq | 36°35 | 44°20 | - | |||
| E | 1 | Iran | Iran | ||||||
| E | 2 | " | " | ||||||
| E | 3 | " | " | ||||||
1 At Azrou.
2 At Bab Taza.
3 At Ait Mehammed.
Geographic location of provenances
• Pinus halepensis
▲ Pinus brutia
TABLE 2: PROVENANCES OF ABIES CEPHALONICA 1974–75
| Provenance | Latitude | Longitude | Alt.M. | Prec.mm. | Mean Temp.C° | |
| I | Cephallenia | 38°14' | 20°32' | 730–1480 | 1100 | 15.4 |
| II | Parnon | 37°06' | 22°45' | 1060–1240 | 1200 | 12.8 |
| III | Taygetos | 37°16' | 22°18' | 970–1350 | 1300 | 13.4 |
| IV | Vetina | 37°33' | 22°15' | 950–1160 | 1200 | 11.8 |
| V | Erymanthos | 37°55' | 21°50' | 980–1150 | 1200 | 12.7 |
| VI | Parnetha | 38°11' | 23°41' | 950–1050 | 800 | 10.7 |
| VII | Euboia | 38°40' | 23°30' | 550–700 | 750 | 13.9 |
| VIII | Parnassos | 38°35' | 22°30' | 1050–1250 | 1200 | 10.4 |
| IX | Paneatolikon | 38°43' | 21°36' | 700–1000 | 1100 | 12.1 |
| X | Oete | 38°45' | 22°10' | 800–1350 | 1000 | 10.3 |
Geographic location of provenances of Abies cephalonica in Greece
TABLE 3: SEED DISTRIBUTED IN THE YEARS 1974–75–76
| Number of Provenances of | |||||
| Country | Institution | P. halepensis | P. brutia | P. eldarica | Abies ceph. |
| France | Station d'Amélioration CNRF - CHAMPENOUX | 12 | 12 | 3 | 10 |
| Spain | Investigaciones agrarias Genetica Forestal - MADRID | 8 | 3 | ||
| Portugal | Estacao Exp. Florestal Dep. Melhoramento - LISBON | 7 | 6 | 3 | |
| Morocco | Station de Recherches Forestières - RABAT | 27 | 17 | 3 | 10 |
| Algeria | Centre National de Recherches Forestières EL MOURADIA - ALGIERS | 11 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Tunisia | Institut National de Recherches Forestières ARIANA - TUNIS | 20 | 16 | 3 | |
| Israel | Agricultural Research Organization - Forestry Division - ILANOTH | 23 | 14 | 3 | |
| Iran | Faculté des Ressources Forestières - KARADJ | 2 | |||
| Turkey | Forest Research Institute ANKARA | 13 | 5 | 1 | |
| Turkey | Project Manager - UNDP/FAO Project TUR/71/521 Industrial Forestry Plantations IZMIT, Kocaeli | 3 | |||
| Greece | Forest Research Institute ATHENS | 16 | 7 | 2 | |
| Italy | Centro di Sperimentazione Agricola e Forestale - ROME | 33 | 17 | 3 | 10 |
| Italy | Istituto Sperimentale Selvicoltura - AREZZO | 16 | 15 | 1 | 10 |
| Somalia | Strengthening of Forestry and Wildlife Project - MOGADISCIO | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Senegal | Service des Forets | 2 | |||
| U.S.A. | College of Forest Resources University of Washington - SEATTLE | 2 | |||
| U.S.A. | U.S. Forest Service ALBUQUERQUE - N.M. | 10 | 10 | 3 | |
