Project number: QK21020022
Project title: Identification of surviving individuals of forest tree species in calamity areas, their rescue and research of their resistence
Donor: Ministry of Agricultural
Program: ZEMĚ
Project coordinator: Forestry and Game Management Research Institute
Responsible person: Ing. Pavlína Máchová Ph.D.
Project partners: CULS Prague, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Project leader of FES: Doc. Ing. Kateřina Berchová Ph.D.
Contact person: Mgr.. Michal Brož
Project duration: 01/2021 - 12/2023
Total budget: 11 996 700 Kč
Project budget of FES: 746 700 Kč
Project aims
In the forest, a dramatic increase in damage caused by bark beetles and subsequently by fungal pathogens is expected in the coming years. Surviving vital individuals are registered in certain forest stands (pine, fir, beech) affected by calamitous damage. The project will search for these individuals and propose procedures for their conservation and effective reproduction, and will perform molecular analyzes to determine genetic characteristics. Biochemical analyzes (eg. ABA, terpenes, polyphenols, carotenoids) will be performed on selected and comparative individuals in order to determine the mechanism of resistance to biotic and abiotic factors. Other biochemical and physiological properties of trees will be monitored as indicators of stress, as well as ecological conditions of habitats.