PROPOSALS FOR A GLOBAL PROGRAMME FOR IMPROVED USE OF FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES (continued)

IV. A GLOBAL PROGRAMME FOR FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES (continued)

IV B. PROPOSED PROGRAMME 1975–79 (continued)

Table 6
FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES PRIORITIES (BY REGION, SPECIES AND OPERATION)

Operation	Importance rating		Operational priority rating										Remarks
Operation	Importance rating		Exploration		Evaluation		Conservation				Utilisation
Species	Wood Production	Other Purposes	Botanical	Genecological	Collection for Testing	Testing (Provenance Trials)	In Situ	Collection for Conservation	Storage as Seed etc.	Ex Situ in Artificial Stands	Use of Bulk Supplies	Individual Selection and Breeding
4. Caribbean, Central and South America
Abies guatemalensis	3		3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alnus jorullensis		3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-
Araucaria angustifolia	1		1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	(E) certain provenances
Bombacopsis quinatus	2		2	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	(E)
Cedrela odorata	1		2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	and related species, for selection and breeding for resistance to Hypsipyla
Cordia alliodora	2		2	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Cupressus lusitanica	3		3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Juglans spp.	2		2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Liquidambar styraciflua	2		2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nothofagus spp.	2		2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis	1		3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	(E)
Pinus caribaea var. caribaea	1		3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis	1		3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
Pinus montezumae	2		2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pinus occidentalis		2	2	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Pinus oocarpa	1		1	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
Pinus pseudostrobus/tenuifolia	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
Pinus strobus var. chiapensis	2		2	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	(E)
Pinus tropicalis	3		3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swietenia humilis		1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	selection and breeding for resistance to Hypsipyla
Swietenia macrophylla	1		2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	" " " "
Swietenia mahagoni		1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	" " " "
Terminalia amazonica	3		3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	Sources in S.E. Europe
Larix decidua	1		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Larix sukaczewii	1		-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-
Picea abies	1		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Pinus nigra	1		1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		1	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	1	2
Abies nebrodensis		1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	(E)
Abies nordmanniana/ bornmülleriana	2		3	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	2	2
Abies pinsapo	2		-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Cedrus atlantica	2		2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	2
Cedrus libani	3		3	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	(E) in Lebanon
Cupressus sempervirens	1		-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	testing for resistance to Coryneum cardinale
Cupressus dupreziana		1	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	(E)
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	1		-	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	1
Picea omorica	3		-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
Pinus brutia	1		-	3	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	provenance trials starting in 74–75
Pinus brutia var. eldarica	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	-	(E)
Pinus halepensis	1		-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	provenance trials starting in 74–75
Pinus nigra	1		1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1
Pinus peuce	3		3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pinus pinaster	1		-	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	selection and breeding in progress
Pinus pinea	1		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-

7. (a) North, North-West and Central Asia
Abies pinceana	3		-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Abies pindrew	3		-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Abies sachalinensis	2		-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	of value for species hybridization
Abies spp. (Central and S. China)		3	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ornamental, and breeding through species hybridization
Alnus sp.	2	2	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	soil conservation, hybridization
Cedrus deedara	2		-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chesenia arbutifolia	2		-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	possible use for South America on “mini-rotation”
Cryptomeria japonica	2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	of interest also to N.E. India
Cunninghamia lanoceolata	3		-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cupressus terulesa var. kashmiriana	2		-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Juglans regia		1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	nut crop in India
Larix leptolepis	1		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Larix sibirica	1		-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larix sukacsewii	1		-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	2	-
Picea asperata	3		-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	largely unknown
Picea spp. (Central and S. China)		2	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	possibilities for use outside China
Pinus armandii	2		-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pinus cembra	3		-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	important for rust resistance breeding
Pinus griffithii	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	" " "
Pinus koraiensis	3		-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pinus massoniana	3		-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pinus morrisonicola	1		-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	(E)
Pinus pentaphylla	1		-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	(E)
Pinus roxburghii	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	important for rust resistance breeding and for resin
Pinus sylvestris	1		-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	Siberian provenances little used outside USSR
Populus nigra	1		-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Populus ciliata	2		-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Populus maximowiczii	1		-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Populus suaveolens	2		-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Populus spp. (Central and N.E. Asia)	2		-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	important for further breeding
Populus yunnanensis	3		-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-