THE EXPERIENCE OF THE BEST POPLAR CLONES AND VARIETIES IMPLEMENTATION IN THE FORESTRY PRODUCTION

A list of new varieties of poplars bred in the Federal State Budgetary Institution “All-Russian Research Institute of Forest Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology” for the period from 2016 to 2023. The volumes of variety testing and reproduction sites of poplars, grown, transferred and sold planting material of new varieties and selected cultivars of poplars to organizations of various organizational and legal forms of management are shown. In total, about 18 thousand pieces of stem cuttings of selected poplars were transferred, including 5.6 thousand pieces of cuttings of patented varieties. According to commercial contracts, over the past 3 years, more than 18 thousand pieces of stem cuttings of selected poplars have been sold, including 5.4 thousand pieces of cuttings of patented varieties.