Scheme for the production of forest and fruit clonal materials of hybrid chestnut (Castanea crenata Sieb et Zucc x C. sativa Mill)
- Authors
- J. Fernández, E. Miranda, S. Pereira
- Issue
- 91V-2 (65-70)
- Topic
- Plant production
- Keywords
- chestnut, certification, isozymes, clonal propagation
- Abstract
The plan to produce chestnut hybrid materials comprises: the disposition of the foundation stock; the clonal propagation methods to use for the production of expansion stock and commercial materials; and, a system of clonal identification. Clone collection comprises materials resistant to ink disease selected for wood production, nut production and rootstocks to graft with varieties of sweet chestnut.











