Abstract

VALLADOLID ONTANEDA, Juan; LEON MEJIA, Ángel  and  PAREDES TOMALA, Daniel. Selection of Seed Trees in Forest Plants of the Santa Elena Peninsula. Ecuador. RCTU [online]. 2017, vol.4, n.2, pp.105-110. ISSN 1390-7697.  https://doi.org/10.26423/rctu.v4i2.261.

The study of selection of seed trees was carried out in the Olón, Dos Mangas and Salanguillo communes of the canton Santa Elena, Santa Elena province, Ecuador. The objective of the study was to identify, characterize and select seedlings of timber species with good morphological characteristics, and to allow seeds to be used for the propagation of forest species in nurseries for reforestation purposes. The study began with the identification and location of forest plantations of several forest species established between 2000 and 2005, on the plantations, the dasometric and morphological characteristics were evaluated, allowing the selection of 11 trees with desirable morphological characteristics corresponding to five forest species White laurel (Cordia alliodora), black laurel (Cordia megalantha), mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), cedar (Cedrela odorata) and melina (Gmelina arborea); Each tree was georeferenced using coordinates UTM Datum WGS 1984 Zone 17M. The number of seeds that can produce these forest species is projected per year which will serve as a reference to establish reforestation programs with their own materials and adapted to the environmental conditions in the province of Santa Elena.

Keywords : seed tree; parent trees; forest; reforestation; forestry.

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