Operation | Importance rating | Operational priority rating | Remarks | ||||||||||
Exploration | Evaluation | Conservation | Utilisation | ||||||||||
Species | Wood Production | Other Purposes | Botanical | Genecological | Collection for Testing | Testing (Provenance Trials) | In Situ | Collection for Conservation | Storage as Seed etc. | Ex Situ in Artificial Stands | Use of Bulk Supplies | Individual Selection and Breeding | |
6. Mediterranean Region, Southern Europe and Near East | |||||||||||||
Abies cephalonica | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | ||
Abies nebrodensis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | (E) | |
Abies nordmanniana/ bornmülleriana | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||
Abies pinsapo | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Cedrus atlantica | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | ||
Cedrus libani | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | (E) in Lebanon | |
Cupressus sempervirens | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | testing for resistance to Coryneum cardinale | |
Cupressus dupreziana | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (E) | |
Picea omorica | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Pinus brutia | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | provenance trials starting in 74–75 | |
Pinus brutia var. eldarica | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | (E) | |
Pinus halepensis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | provenance trials starting in 74–75 | |
Pinus nigra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Pinus peuce | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Pinus pinaster | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | selection and breeding in progress | |
Pinus pinea | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
7. (a) North, North-East and Central Asia | |||||||||||||
Abies pinceana | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Abies pindrow | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Abies sachalinensis | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | of value for species hybridization | |
Abies spp. (Central and S. China) | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ornamental, and breeding through species hybridization | |
Alnus sp. | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | soil conservation, hybridization |
Cedrus deodara | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Chosenia arbutifolia | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | possible use for South America on “mini-rotation” | |
Cryptomeria japonica | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | of interest also to N.E. India | |
Cunninghamia lanceolata | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Cupressus torulosa var. kashmiriana | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
Juglans regia | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | nut crop, also for agricultural purposes | |
Larix griffithii | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Larix leptolepis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
Larix sibirica | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Larix sukaczewii | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | ||
Picea asperata | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | largely unknown | |
Picea spp. (Central and S. China) | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | possibilities for use outside China |
Pinus armandii | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Pinus cembra | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | important for rust resistance breeding |
Pinus griffithii | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | " " " |
Pinus koraiensis | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Pinus massoniana | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Pinus morrisonicola | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | (E) | |
Pinus pentaphylla | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | (E) | |
Pinus roxburghii | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | important for rust resistance breeding and for resin |
Pinus sylvestris | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Siberian provenances little used outside USSR | |
Populus gambiae | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Populus glauca | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Populus nigra | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Populus ciliata | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Populus maximowiczii | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Populus suaveolens | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Populus spp. (Central and N.E. Asia) | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | important for further breeding | |
Populus yunnanensis | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
7. (b) South-East Asia | |||||||||||||
Acacia nilotica | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | for soil protection and range management in arid zone | |
Acacia senegal | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | " " " " | |
Agathis spp. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | ||
Albizia falcataria | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | important for pulp | |
Anthocephalus cadamba (syn. A. chinensis) | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | proved difficult to grow in monoculture (India) | |
Araucaria cunninghamii | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||
Araucaria hunsteinii | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||
Azadirachta indica | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | medicinal value. Social forestry. Needs research on seed storage. |
Bamboo spp. | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | sporadic flowering habit may endanger regeneration |
Bischofia javanica | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Bombax ceiba | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
Cassia siamea | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | social forestry. | |
Dalbergia latifolia | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | ||
Dalbergia sissoo | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | v. promising N. India and Pakistan | |
Dipterocarpus spp. | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | needs research on seed storage | |
Eucalyptus deglupta | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Eucalyptus urophylla | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Gmelina arborea | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | needs research on seed storage |
Pinus kesiya (syn. khasya, insularis) | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Pinus merkusii/ merkusiana | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
Pterocarpus dalbergioides | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Santalum album | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | high priority parts of S. India | |
Tectona grandis | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | Research on seed needed | |
Toona ciliata | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Toona serrata | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |