Aronen, Tuija

Harju, Anni

Nikkanen, Teijo

Venäläinen, Martti

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Teijo Nikkanen

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POSTER PRESENTATION Open Access
“Vegetative propagation – knowhow and
technology for enhancing bioeconomy “ - A new
project launched in Finland
Tuija Aronen, Martti Venäläinen, Anni Harju, Teijo Nikkanen*
From IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference 2011: From Genomes to Integration and Delivery
Arraial d’Ajuda, Bahia, Brazil. 26 June - 2 July 2011
A three-year project, financed by EU, European Regio-
nal Developmental Fund, will be carried out in 2011-14
as a collaborative effort with Finnish Forest Research
Institute as a main performer, and Eastern Finland
University and a commercial company Taimityllilä Oy
as partners. Three new researchers are engaged by the
project. The aim of the project is to deepen knowhow
and develop technology for vegetative propagation of
forest trees in Finland, and to enhance collaboration
among research institutions and practical plant produ-
cers. The project strengthens infrastructure for
research and development, and benefits industrial and
commercial activities in the field. A target group of the
project includes forest owners, forest and ornamental
nurseries, professionals in landscaping and home gar-
deners, wood product industry, and research sector.
The objectives of the project are divided into five
theme areas:
New solutions for producing forest regeneration
material
The main aim of the project is to develop propagation
methods for Nordic conifers, especially Norway spruce
with a goal set for commercial mass-propagation. This
will be done in collaboration with practical plant produ-
cers. Tissue culture approach using somatic embryogen-
esis, potentially combined with cutting technology, will
be studied. Also issues related to user rights and royalty
fees when using selected clones or bred families will be
touched.
Production of special forms of forest trees for
ornamental use and landscaping
Methods of vegetative propagation for special forms of
forest trees are developed to meet the increasing
demand of hardy conifers for ornamental purposes and
landscaping in Northern conditions. Both cutting and
tissue culture technology will be tested, and commercial
plant production piloted together with a company part-
ner. User right and royalty issues for both natural
mutants found or special forms created by breeding are
also covered.
Potentials of vegetative propagation in improving
the quality of Scots pine heartwood
The success of tissue culture propagation of Scots pine
families producing abundantly extractives, and thus
resistant to wood decay, will be compared with the suc-
cess of families producing only small amounts of extrac-
tives. Furthermore, analyses of secondary compounds
induced in tissue cultures will be carried out and their
use in selection in vitro will be studied.
In vitro –testing of wood quality using mould and
decay fungi
Methods of in vitro –testing of wood decay resistance
will be developed and used to enhance the selection of
materials more resistant against fungal degradation. Bet-
ter decay resistance leads to longer service life of woo-
den constructions and thus improves the environmental
performance of wood.
Vegetatively propagated materials in enhancing
research activities
Clonally propagated materials would greatly benefit e.g.
pathological and entomological studies in Nordic* Correspondence: teijo.nikkanen@metla.fi
Finnish Forest Research Institute, Punkaharju, Finland
Aronen et al. BMC Proceedings 2011, 5(Suppl 7):P142
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conifers. In addition, developed technologies and kno-
whow can be utilised in forest tree breeding pro-
grammes by adopting clonal testing options.
Published: 13 September 2011
doi:10.1186/1753-6561-5-S7-P142
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