EFFECT OF GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS ON CONE AND SEED PRODUCTION IN TAURUS CEDAR (CEDRUS LIBANI A. RICH.)

Abstract

Interaction among reproductive (cone and seed numbers) and growth (tree height, diameter at breast height, crown diameter and tree age) characteristics was studied in two natural seed stand populations (P-1&P-2) of Taurus cedar (Cedrus libani A. Rich.) in the present study for two consecutive years. Large differences were found among populations and within population for reproductive and growth characteristics. Averages of cone numbers were 27 in P-1 and 30 in P-2, while averages of filled seed were 85/cone and 2184/tree in P-1, and 137 and 1915 in P-2, respectively. The relations among the characteristics changed for the years and populations. However, it could be said that diameter at breast height, crown diameter were more effective than the other growth characteristics.