Description of project
The project is focused on deepening knowledge about the occurrence of thermophilic oaks in the Czech Republic and the potential for their wider use in forestry. There will be done verification of existing and selection of other localities with natural occurrence of these oaks, primarily in southern Moravia, species identification and selection of quality trees as sources of reproductive material. Biometric and qualitative evaluations will be performed in selected stands in order to obtain information on phenotypic variability, health state, and production capacity. Depending on the available markers in selected populations of pubescent oak, or of other species, will be carried out research on genetic characteristics using molecular analyzes, including the optimization of SSR methods.