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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2016, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (3): 130-130.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20160317

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An Elite Variety of Populus deltoides ‘Chuangxin’

Li Kaihua1, Hu Jianjun2   

  1. 1. Manasi Forestry Bureau Manasi 832200;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding Research Institute of Forestry, CAF Beijing 10091
  • Received:2015-02-10 Online:2016-03-25 Published:2016-04-08

Abstract: The variety, ‘Chuangxin’, was selected from the progeny of Populus deltoides CL. ‘Nankang’×P. deltoides CL. ‘Imperil’ with artificial control pollination. It is male clone and an intraspecific hybrid of P.deltoides. Average DBH, height and volume of nine-years-old ‘Chuangxin’ were 19.90 cm, 18.0 m and 0.2064 m3, and the volume was 22.0% greater than control variety of ‘2025’. The elite variety has characteristics of straight trunk, middle crown, fast-growing, high resistance to Anoplophora glaberipennis and tolerance to soil barren.

Key words: poplar, elite variety, selecting and breeding, borer resistance

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