Wstępne badania nad zmiennością izoenzymową dębów w doświadczeniu proweniencyjnym w Nadleśnictwie Milicz

The studies were based on the material collected in the provenance experiment established in the territory of the Milicz Forest District where 78 pedunculate (Quercus robur L.) and sessile oak (Quercus petraea [Matt.] Liebl.) provenances from all over the country were planted in 5 replications. The izoenzyme analyses took in dormant buds from 300 trees of randomly selected 5 pedunculate oak and 5 sessile oak provenances. Variation of 6 enzymatic systems was the subject of the analysis. The studied oak populations exhibited a relatively high level of genetic variation, however, it was lower in comparison with the populations from other regions of Europe. Generally, the variation of the sessile oak was grater than of the pedunculate oak. The calculated genetic distance between the two oak species was 0.0284 and it exceeded genetic distances among the populations within the species.