Strategies for Testing, Registering and Releasing Genetically Improved forestry Planting Stock

Many forest research organisations have developed high yielding genotypes with concerted research efforts both in the laboratory and field. However, these genotypes have not been tested in field or field oriented conditions. Various tools have been suggested for testing, registering and releasing of genetically improved planting stock in the present article. There should be clone and progeny releasing committees viz. Regional Clone and Progeny Releasing Committee (RCPRC) and National Clone and Progeny Releasing Committee (NCPRC). The RCPRC would have a chairman and five members, whereas NCPRC would have a chairperson and a minimum of eight members. The RCPRC would be headed by a chairperson and will have a minimum of two breeders/geneticists of the regional Institute. Other members would be the nominees of the State Forest Departments, Forest Development Corporations and wood based industries working on tree improvement. The chairperson, NCPRC would be appointed by the DDG (Research), ICFRE, and chairpersons ofRCPRCs would be the members ofNCPRC. Once the superiority of the planting stock is tested, elite entries would be registered and released by the registration committee for commercial multiplication.