STUDIES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT CLONES OF HYBRID POPLARS IN EXPERIMENTAL PLANTATIONS

Abstract

Plantations on abandoned and unfit for agriculture lands can be very valuable, by planting and growing Populus clones and hybrids of the genus Populus with extremely fast growth and sufficiently sustainable forests, thus creating opportunities not only for the development of forestry, but also for ensuring protective and other functions of forests. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the survival of 11 different clones (AF6, Hybrid275, AF7, Matrix49, AF13, Matrix24, AF34, MAX1, MAX3, MAX4, AF3) after 10 growing seasons and their average volume. Statistically significant differences were found after measurements and analysis. MAX1 clone had the highest survival rate - 99%, AF3 clone - 26%, the worst. When studying the dependence of the volume on the height, it was found that Hybrid275 had the highest volume depending on the height of the clone, AF3 clone had the lowest volume depending on the height of the clone.