Developing Improved Sycamore - Future Trees Trust€¢ Michael Carey (1st chairman) • Andrew...
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Rodrigo Olave & Gerry Douglas
Developing Improved Sycamore
• Tim Rowland
• Michael Carey (1st chairman)
• Andrew Leslie (1st Secretary)
• John McNamara
• Andrew Clark
• Gavin Munro
• Keith Mills
• Iain Garrett
• Rob Lee
• David Boshier
• Peter Savill
• Charles Dutton
• Jo Clark
• Steve Garrett
• David Norris
• Alan Harrison
• Rob Sykes
• Steve Lee
• Jason Hubert
• Sam Firkins
• Hannah Taylor
• Jim McAdam
• Emma Jackson
• Chris Hardy
• John Kavanagh
• Linda Walsh
• Monica Murphy
• Pat Doody
• Alice Snowden
• Alan Gale
• Andy Leitch
• Rick Worrell
• Gordon Kennedy
Developing Improved Sycamore
Overall Objective
• To improve the vigour and quality of the basic planting stocks
Specific objectives
• To facilitate the development and utilisation of seeds of improved genetic quality
Methods to achieve objectives
Business Plan
Breeding Strategy
Accomplishments
1. Securing the registration of ‘Selected’ Seed Stands
• Republic of Ireland – 7 stands
• Britain – 5 stands
• Northern Ireland – 1 stand
2. Establishing a conservation collection of Plus trees
• Republic of Ireland – 1 conservation area (Teagasc)
• England – 1 conservation area (Maelor)
3. Establishment of ‘Qualified’ clonal seed orchards
• England – 2 clonal seed orchards (Maelor, Forestart),
• Scotland – 1 clonal seed orchard (Forestry Commission)
• Northern Ireland – 1 clonal seed orchards (AFBI)
• Republic of Ireland 1 clonal seed orchard (None So Hardy)
4. Establishment of progeny tests
• Northern Ireland – 1 progeny test (Antrim)
• England – 1 progeny test (Cirencester)
Scions from Gavin Munro to Teagasc
Scions from Plus tree -- Harlaw wood
Grafted Sycamores at Teagasc for establishing clonal seed orchards
Conservation collection of all Plus trees at Teagasc
• shoot material from to generate plants for seed orchards
• seeds for testing
• registered as improved ‘Selected’
Established Seed orchards of sycamore
Location of
seed orchards
Country Year
established
No. Plus tree
genotypes in
each seed
orchards
Coillte Republic of Ireland 2003 45
Maelor England 2009 107
Loughgall Northern Ireland 2009 **182
Forestart England 2012 145
Galloway Scotland 2014 **160
None- so Hardy Republic of Ireland 2016 **135
** 4 ramets of each Plus tree in these orchards-- Additional Plus tree material in Conservation collections at Teagasc and Coillte
Sycamore Seed Orchards
Forest Research, Rob Sykes
Scotland
Republic of Ireland
England
Northern Ireland
Flowering and seed production
Seeds produced from Plus trees Teagasc Kinsealy
and AFBI are now in production nurseries
Seed yield in 2014
Teagasc (9 yr old)
49 Kg
Coillte (13 yr old)
60Kg
AFBI (4 yr old)
16 Kg
Progeny from 35 Plus trees are now in Progeny tests in
• Northern Ireland (Andrew Clark, Antrim)
• England (Keith Mills, Bathurst)
Testing the performance of progeny from Plus trees
• Performance on individual Plus trees
• Variability within between each family
• Ranking of Plus trees
• To obtain ‘ Qualified’ status for Seed orchards
• To rogue the clonal seed orchards
Established Test of progeny from Plus trees (2016):
Andrew Clark: Antrim, Northern Ireland
35 families + 3 control seed lots England, Ireland, Denmark
Test of progeny from Plus trees (2016)
Keith Mills: Bathurst Cirencester
• Reforestation site
• 33 Families
• Controls from England, Ireland, Denmark
The future for Sycamore
• Further development of the genetic resources of sycamore
• Promote the benefits of using improved material
• More & new partners are welcome and needed for the next stages
• Developing a NEW BUSINESS PLAN for sycamore
Thank you!