Skovsgaard, Jens Peter
- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Magazine article2013Open access
Skovsgaard, Jens Peter; Graversgaard, H.C.
Only few provenances of wild service have been tested in field experiments. This paper summarizes results from three German provenance experiments at Lutter and Grohnde in Lower Saxony and in Liliental near Kaiserstuhl in Baden-Württemberg. The experiments were established in 1979 and include progeny from a total of nine populations of wild service tree in Germany, Luxemburg, France, the Czech Republic and Austria (Figure 1). There are large variations among provenances regarding growth performance and stem quality (Table 1 and Figure 2). The best provenances in the experiments originate from northern Bavaria in Germany and western Lorraine in France. It is recommended only to use nursery stock and seeds of known origin. Alternatively, local tests should be conducted prior to any large-scale planting.
Skoven
2013, Volume: 45, number: 5, pages: 238-241
Forest Science
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/53540