Summary of announcements made in this issue
SEEDS AVAILABLE FROM | SPECIES | CONDITIONS FOR REQUESTS |
BLSF - CATIE Turrialba, Costa Rica | Cordia alliodora (58 plus trees selected in 5 provenances). Refer to article p. 30 | A set of seed lots (research quantities) supplied at the cost of US$ 50.00 or on a seed exchange basis. |
CNSF, BP 2682 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | Several provenances of Acacia albida and Parkia biglobosa. Refer to table p. 36 | Free research samples for developing countries supplied within the framework of the ongoing cooperative programme between CNSF and FAO's Forestry Department. |
CSIRO Tree Seed Centre Div. of Forest Research P.O. Box 4008 Canberra ACT 2600 Australia | Several species of tropical arid and semi-arid Australia, mainly within the genera Acacia, Eucalyptus and Melaleuca. Refer to article p. 37 | Collection undertaken within the framework of the ongoing cooperative programme between CSIRO and FAO's Forestry Department. Collaborators from developing countries receiving free research samples are required to supply the Tree Seed Centre with detailed results of the trials. |
CSIRO Tree Seed Centre | Several provenances of Casuarina cunninghamiana from New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Refer to article p. 51 | " " |
CSIRO Tree Seed Centre | Several provenances of Eucalyptus camaldulensis from Western Victoria, Australia. Refer to article p. 56 | " " |
CTFT 45bis, Av. de la Belle Gabrielle 94736 Nogent-sur-Marne France | Several provenances of Terminalia superba from Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, PR of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire. Refer to table p. 62 | Free research samples for developing countries supplied within the framework of the ongoing cooperative programme between CTFT and FAO's Forestry Department |
CTFT | Several provenances of Acacia albida from Cameroon, Mali and Niger. Refer to article p. 63 | " " |
IRENA Apartado No. 5123 Managua Nicaragua | Several exotic and Nicaraguan native broadleaved and coniferous species. Refer to table p. 70 | Seed supply against payment in US$. Seed exchange also possible. |
Istituto Sperimentale per la Selvicoltura Viale Santa Margherita 80 52100 Arezzo Italy | Abies alba from Calabria, Italy. Special seed collection made in the light of the growing interest of several European countries for provenances from Calabria (reported more resistant to damage by air pollution than otherprovenances of the same species). | Free research samples. |
National Tree Seed Laboratory Route 1, Box 182B Dry Branch Georgia 31020 USA | Several broadleaved and coniferous species from the USA. Refer to table p. 71 | Free research samples for developing countries supplied within the framework of the ongoing cooperative programme between NTSL and FAO's Forestry Department. |