The vulnerability of silver fir populations to damage from late frosts

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Marcin Klisz
Szymon Jastrzębowski
Jan Matras
Marcin Mionskowski
Paweł Przybylski
Joanna Ukalska


Keywords : environmental stress, frost demage, testing program, Abies alba, adaptation
Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine the vulnerability of selected silver fir populations to damage from late frost in the climatic conditions of south-eastern Poland. To determine the vulnerability of apical and lateral shoots to damage caused by late frosts, we observed four test plots in 2009 and 2014, each containing progenies of selected seed stands. Our statistical analyses were based on a model incorporating the following variables: site, year, type of frost damage, population as well as the possible interaction between these variables. Significant differences between the populations were found in terms of their sensitivity to damage from low temperature occurring during the growth period. Furthermore, we indirectly demonstrated differences in the severity of late frost on the experimental plots and the intensity variability of late frost shoot damage. Based on these results, we divided the studied populations into two groups of low (EF, KRA1 and NAR) and high (LES2 and BAL2) sensitivity to late frost damage.

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Klisz, Marcin, et al. “The Vulnerability of Silver Fir Populations to Damage from Late Frosts”. Leśne Prace Badawcze, vol. 77, no. 1, Mar. 2016, pp. 24-31, doi:10.1515-frp-2016-0003.
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