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Improving Lives with Poplars and Willows ` ______________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION 24th Session Dehradun, India, 30 October-2 November 2012 IMPROVING LIVES WITH POPLARS AND WILLOWS Abstracts of Submitted Papers Forest Assessment, Management and Working Paper IPC/11 Conservation Division FAO, Rome, Italy Forestry Department Disclaimer The Abstract of Submitted Papers do not reflect any official position of FAO but are to provide early release of information on on-going International Poplar Commission initiatives and its member country activities and programmes to stimulate dialogue between Poplar and Willow stakeholders around the globe. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers and boundaries. Comments and feedback are welcome. For further information, please contact: Mr Walter Kollert Secretary International Poplar Commission Technical Statutory Body Forestry Department Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla I-00153 Rome Italy E-mail: [email protected] For quotation: FAO, October 2012. Abstracts of Submitted Papers prepared for the 24th Session of the International Poplar Commission, jointly hosted by FAO and the Indian Council for Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun, India, 30 October-2 November 2012. International Poplar Commission Working Paper IPC/11. Forest Assessment, Management and Conservation Division, FAO, Rome (unpublished). Web references: For details relating to the International Poplar Commission as a Technical Statutory Body of FAO, including National Poplar Commissions, working parties and initiatives can be viewed on http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc and highlights of the 24th Session of the International Poplar Commission, 2012, can be viewed on http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2012. INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION 24th Session Dehradun, India, 30 October-2 November 2012 IMPROVING LIVES WITH POPLARS AND WILLOWS Abstracts of Submitted Papers Organized by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Indian Council for Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS These abstracts of submitted papers are the product of an international team of dedicated people willingly giving their time and specific experience to evaluate, review and allocate more than 200 submitted abstracts for plenary, oral or visual presentations. It is encouraging to see the diversity of topics submitted by the authors, reflecting the topical issue of more than 20 countries, in all temperate and boreal regions of the world. The Scientific Committee headed by its chairman P.P. Bhojvaid (India) and vice-chairman Stefano Bisoffi (Italy), were professionally supported by its members Y.P. Singh (India), Marijke Steenackers (Belgium), Arun Pratap Singh (India), Sylvie Augustin (France), Vimal Kothiyal (India), Joris van Acker (Belgium), P.K. Pandey (India), N.B. Singh (India), Ian McIvor (New Zealand), Dinesh Kumar (India), Teresa Cerillo (Argentina), H.S. Ginwal (India), Lu Meng Zhu (China), Catherine Bastien (France), A.S. Rawat (India), Jim Richardson (Canada), R.C. Dhiman (India), Enrico Brugnoli (Italy), Gulshan Ahuja (India), S. Nautiyal (India), Manisha Thapliyal (India), Santhan Barthwal (India), Martin Weih (Sweden), Jud Isebrands (USA), and Julia Kuzovkina (USA). The communication with authors was coordinated by Dinesh Kumar (India); Alberto Del Lungo from the IPC Secretariat supported the paper summary review process, and Michèle Millanès performed the compilation, editing and formatting of the abstracts in an accurate and orderly manner. To all persons who contributed to this publication, the International Poplar Commission and its members, we express our grateful thanks. ii FOREWORD The 24th Session of the International Poplar Commission, hosted by India in Dehradun, will bring together a number of international stakeholders, poplar scientists, researchers, growers, processors and traders to address topical issues related to the theme “Improving Lives with Poplars and Willows”. In India, poplars and willows are the most popular tree species in agroforestry production systems where they are intercropped with agricultural crops like wheat, sugar cane, paddy rice and shade-tolerant fodder crops due to their fast growth, outstanding properties and quick and high financial returns. Smallholders and farmers own an increasing area of poplar plantations and depend on them for the improvement of their livelihoods. A large number of people, among them many women, gain employment and income from poplar cultivation, particularly in remote areas where forestry and agroforestry are the only economically viable land use options. Timber from poplars often forms the backbone for the development of vibrant plywood, composite board, match, paper and sports goods industries, which further contribute to the improvement of rural livelihoods, especially when a significant portion of the wealth of such value- added activity remains in the local economy and among the forest-dependent workforce. The more than 200 paper abstracts from more than 20 industrialized and developing countries contained in this working paper demonstrate the increasing diversity in users and uses of poplar and willow culture, but also highlight the expanding knowledge and rapid development of new technical innovations (both growing and using) of poplars and willows around the globe. The papers range across all IPC working parties: genetics, tree improvement and conservation; production systems; environmental applications; harvesting and utilization; invasive insects, and diseases. This also embraces the application of poplars and willows in multi-disciplinary and inter-sectoral land-uses. This Book of Abstracts will help to facilitate fruitful discussions between stakeholders at the 24th Session and will also provide participants with author coordinates for follow up beyond the Session. It is hoped that this Book of Abstracts will facilitate stimulating dialogue between stakeholders to enhance the contribution of poplars and willows to peoples’ well-being. Best wishes for a fruitful Session in transferring poplar and willow knowledge and technology effectively between different stakeholder groups regardless of socio-economic contexts. Eduardo Rojas-Briales Assistant Director-General Forestry Department iii iv TABLE OF CONTENTS (BY SUBJECTS) WORKING PARTY ON POPLAR AND WILLOW GENETICS, CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT Alimohammadi A., Asadi F., Adeli E., Tabaie-Aghdaei S.R. and Mataji A. - Using 1 Morphological Traits for Identification of Poplar (Populus alba) Stands in Iran (Esfahan and Zanjan provinces) Alimohammadi A., Asadi F., Adeli E. and Tabaie-Aghdaei S.R. - Investigation on 2 Genetic Diversity in Populusn nigra Plantations Using Molecular and Morphological Markers Aziz Massarat and Pande P.K. – Variation in the Growth and Wood Properties of 3 Populus deltoides Baihui Xingyajuan and Guo Shuping - Genetic Improvement and New Cultivars 4 Breeding of Populus davidiana Briones M.V., Rangel Cano R.M., Galarco S., Ciocchini G. and Sharry S. - In vitro 5 Rooting Induction and Tissue Culture of P. deltoides and P. canadensis in order to Genetic Transformation Calderon A., Bustamante J., Riu N., Pérez S. and Zanetti P. - Behavior of Clones of 7 Populus spp., in Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina Calderon A., Bustamante J., Riu N., Pérez S. and Zanetti P. - Behavior of Clones of 8 Populus spp., in Lavalle, Mendoza, Argentina Cerrillo Teresa - Advances on the Willow Breeding Program in Argentina 9 Cerrillo Teresa, Grande Jorgelina, Vaschetto José, Bratovich Ricardo, Mujica 10 Gerardo, García Conde Juan M. and Monteoliva Silvia - Wood Evaluation of Willows for Paper Industry v Cerrillo Teresa and Thomas Esteban - Comparative Growth of Willow Clones in North 11 Patagonia, Argentina – Preliminary Results Chen Zhong, Ye Meixia, Li Hao, Ji Lexiang, Wang Jia, Li Ying, Guo Bin, Liao 12 Weihua and An Xinmin - Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Plant Promoter from Poplar (Populus tomentosa Carr.) Directing Moderate Constitutive Expression of Transgenes in Plants Cheng Qiang, Zhu Sheng, Xu Li’an and Huang Minren - Identifying Effector Proteins 13 from Poplar Fungal Pathogen Marssonina brunnea Choudhary Punit and Singh N.B. - Controlled Crossing (Hybridization) among Tree 14 Willows (Salix spp.) in India Choudhary Punit, Singh N.B. and Sharma J.P. - Crossability Relationship among Some 15 Indigenous and Exotic Willows (Salix spp.) Cortizo S. and Monteverde S. - Overview of Poplar Breeding Program in Argentina 16 Ding Changjun, Huang Qinjun, Su Xiaohua and Zhang Bingyu - Evaluation of Genetic 17 Variability in Important Traits of North-Typed Populus deltoides Marsh Germplasm Resources Fan Junfeng - Interspecific Crossing Breeding of Populus in Leuce Section of China 18 Ferrer M.S., Ibañez V., Riu N. and Masuelli R.W. - Characterization of Poplar Clones 19 by Molecular Markers Gangoo Sajad Ahmad and Mir Mushtaq Ahmad - Interclonal Variation of 20 Populus nigra Linn. (Black Poplar) Clones Growing in the Kashmir Valley Hao Shuang, Zhao Teng, Xia Xinli and Yin Weilun - Genome-Wide Comparison of Two 21 Poplar Genotypes with Different Growth Rates Huse Santoshkumar A., Singh
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