Valeriu-Norocel Nicolescu, Torsten Vor, Robert Brus, Martina Đodan, Sanja Perić, Vilém Podrázský, Siniša Andrašev, Evgeni Tsavkov, Sezgin Ayan, Cengiz Yücedağ, Pande Trajkov, Dana Dina Kolevska, Cornelia Buzatu-Goanță, Michal Pástor, Vladimír Mačejovský, Juraj Modranský, Marcin Klisz, Wojciech Gil, Vasyl Lavnyy, Palle Madsen, Nicola La Porta, Debbie Bartlett
(2025)
Management of sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.), a major forest species in Europe
In the paper was investigated the variability of the morphological and anatomical traits of one-year-old seedlings of different species from the genus Quercus (Quercus robur L., Quercus petraea Matt. Liebl. and Quercus frainetto Ten.) cultivated in a plastic container Bosnaplast 18. The acorn was sown in November 2022, while the measurements of the studied elements were performed at the end of the growing season next year. In terms of morphological characteristics, the highest mean values of both researched parameters (root collar diameter and height) were recorded in Q. robur, followed by Q. frainetto, while the lowest mean values were found in Q. petraea. As for anatomical parameters, the following were analyzed: vessels width, the proportion of bark, pith and wood, as well as the participation of early- and latewood zones. Vessels width shows the least average values in Q. petraea, while no significant differences were recorded between Q. robur and Q. frainetto. The highest presence of wood, as well as the early zone within it, was found in Q. robur. The proportion of bark is a little bit higher in Q. frainetto compared to the other two species, while the pith proportion is significantly lower in Q. robur than in the other two species. Based on the obtained results, we can conclude that Q. robur seedlings show the best performance, before all from morphological point of view.
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