Nguyen Hoang Nghia
INTRODUCTION
Within the network of the National Programme for genetic Conservation in 1988, the Forest Genetic and Tree Breeding Division belonging to the Forest Science Institute of Vietnam completed the project titled “ Genetic Conservation of Forest Plant Species” and this project was approved by the Ministry of Forestry, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, and activities of the research subject have since been carried out since then.
Genetic conservation is essentially conservation of genetic variation existing between provenances, populations, families and individuals within a species. However, it is impossible to implement genetic conservation for all existing forest plant species, therefore, conservation strategy and ptiority species must be clearly determined.
RESEARCH CONTENTS AND RESULTS
1. Formation of conservation project and strategy
The most important aim of the genetic conservation project and strategy is the determination of four priority species groups to which conservation research must be applied. These are:
* Genetic conservation of threatened, rare and scientifically valuable tree species such as Ducampopinus krempfii, Calocedrus macrolepis, Glyptostrobus pensilis, Pinus dalatensis, Pinus kwangtungensis, Cephalotaxus fortunei, etc…
* Genetic conservation of threatened ,rare and economically valuable tree species such as Aquilaria crassna, Cupressus torulosa, Fokienia hodginsii, Afzelia xylocarpa, Dalbergia sp., Diospyros mun, Pterocarpus sp., Taxus sp., etc…
* Genetic conservation of valuable, native tree species for planting such as Cinnamomum cassia, Erythrophloeum fordii, Illicium verum, Hopea odorata, Dipterocarpus sp., Michelia sp., Pinus kesiya, P.massoniana, rattans, bamboos etc…
Latest news
- Project: Study on integrated management of insect pests and diseases on Docynia indica in northern Vietnam
- Project: Study on integrated pest management of major leaf insect pests and stem borer beetles in Acacia hybrid, A. mangium and A. auriculiformis in Vietnam
- Project: Research and develop an integrated management program for control of cinnamon pests in some main cinnamon growing areas (Northern mountainous region and Quang Nam province)
- Project: Pilot plantation and completion of planting techniques of technologically advanced germplasm of Acacia auriculiformis (AA42, AA53, AA56, AA92, AA95) for sawlog in the southeast and south central.
- Project "Research on selection of varieties and intensive afforestation techniques of Prunus arborea (Blume) Kalkman for providing lager timber in the Northeast and Northwest regions, Vietnam"
Oldest news
- trials of planting liquidambar formosana on soil types having rhodomyrtus, melastoma sp., cratoxylum cochinchinensis, eupatorium odoratum and shrubs at huu lung
- some initial basis in the normative making of timber exploitation
- preliminary determination of forest tree species for forest economical regions ( 1983 - 1985)
- Research on casuarina equisetifolia
- research on the mode of forest planting for mine prop supply
