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FOREST GENETICS

Quite a new book with no recent equivalent neither in French nor even in English.

NANSON, A. (2004) Génétique et amélioration des arbres forestiers. Les presses agronomiques de Gembloux. 712 p., 103 ill., 25 tabl. ISBN 2-87016-070-4. Price: Belgium: 60 € + mail (7,50 €); abroad: 68 € + mail (± 10 €) -see Site for exact values- Purchase Address: Presses Agronomiques, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030 Gembloux:

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Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding have progressed considerably and researchers have diversified into many divergent fields. This reference book aims to: (1) present a state of the art at the dawn of this new century, (2) introduce many important innovations and new concepts, (3) provide practical guidelines to foresters for afforestations and regenerations, (4) restore links among specialists. Based on 40 years of experience, it focuses on practice of forest tree breeding and forest genetic resources management. The principles and methods developed in this book can be applied to any forest species in the world.

Forest Tree Breeding can increase, in a significant and sustainable way, with minimal investment per unit of area, the productivity, quality, adaptation and resistance of forest plantations, without inputs such as pesticides or fertilizers. Indirectly, it contributes to atmospheric CO2 sequestration, a new growing concern of this age. Forest Tree Breeding is therefore one of the most ecologic and economic ways of applying the Laws of Nature. While oil is becoming rare and more expensive, world population and need in renewable wood products are increasing continuously whereas the area of productive forests is decreasing, either by their destruction in the tropics or by their use for nature conservancy in temperate countries. The increase of the production per unit of area becomes therefore a necessity that is precisely one of the major purposes of Forest Tree Breeding.

This consultation and reference manual, presents also a new vision of genetic and environment relationships. It is aimed principally at professionals, students and skilled amateurs in forestry and genetics, but also in agroforestry, dendrology, agronomy, horticulture, ecology, biology, botany and possibly in zoology and medicine since genetics represent an integrating factor of the whole biology (microbes, plants, animals, men). Its comprehensive referenced glossary with bilingual entries permits a rapid consultation of relevant chapters without long readings. Though written in French, this book uses a rather direct and simple style in order to be accessible to English readers. The technical language being very similar with the same Latin roots and the keywords being translated in the glossary, the English readers should understand the essence of this book with little knowledge of French. Moreover, were not the founders of IUFRO in 1892 considering that any forest researcher should be able to read German, French and English, without being necessarily able to speak them?

Alphonse NANSON, Engineer of Waters and Forests, Doctor in agronomy, Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Gembloux, has been researcher at the Forest Experiment Station of Groenendaal (Brussels) and after at the Station of Gembloux. Besides his basic work on foundations of Forest Genetics, he has among other things, determined the best recommendable provenances for Belgium and Western Europe and has developed highly producing varieties that are already increasing sustainable productivity and quality of Walloon and Belgian forests. His scientific publications have been rewarded by various academic awards, including the IUFRO Scientific Award attributed to him in Oslo in 1976. He has made many missions in Europe, in the United States and in Developing Countries where he has successfully developed various Tree Breeding Programmes.

Sommaire

Préface de J. KLEINSCHMIT Chapitre 1 Introduction 1.1 Bref historique 1.2 Objectifs de l'amélioration 1.3 Gains et rentabilité Chapitre 20 Notions de base 2.1 Aspects biologiques des espèces forestières 2.2 Écologie génétique 2.3 Génétique des populations 2.4 Généalogie, parenté, consanguinité, outbreeding 2.5 Génétique quantitative 2.6 Dispositifs d'expérimentation en forêt Chapitre 3 Sélection des populations 3.1 Espèces 3.2 Provenances 3.3 Région de provenance et peuplements à graines Chapitre 4 Sélection individuelle 4.1 Méthode classique 4.2 Sélection d'arbres plus 4.3 Multiplication végétative 4.4 Parcs à Clones 4.5 Vergers à graines 4.6 Schémas de croisements et tests de descendances 4.7 Variétés clonales Chapitre 5 Stratégies et programmes d'amélioration 5.1 Définitions 5.2 Stratégies 5.3 Programmes d'amélioration 5.4 Discussion Chapitre 6 Questions spéciales 6.1 Amélioration par polyploïdie, mutations, génie génétique et autres biotechnologies, OGM (GMO) 6.2 Marqueurs génétiques 6.3 Amélioration du peuplier 6.4 Sélection massale en pépinière 6.5 Régénération naturelle 6.6 Gestion des ressources génétiques forestières 6.7 Amélioration dans les pays en développement 6.8 Contrôle et certification des matériels forestiers de reproduction Chapitre 7 Conclusions et perspectives

Bibliographie Annexes Glossaire

______________________ NoticE.doc, 14/11/05.--Alphonse 21:02, 15 November 2005 (UTC) Alphonse NANSON, 15 november 2005.