Skip to main content
Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Download PDF

Volume 55 Supplement 6

Special Issue on Wood Science and Technology for Mitigation of Global Warming

  • Original Article
  • Published:

Estimated amount of carbon accumulation of hybrid larch in three 31-year-old progeny test plantations

Journal of Wood Science volume 55, pages 425–434 (2009)Cite this article

Abstract

Hybrids generated by crossing Kuril larch (Larix gmelinii var. japonica) and Japanese larch (L. kaempferi) are expected to have high carbon accumulation ability because of fast growth and high wood density in Hokkaido, Japan. We estimated the amount of carbon accumulation of the hybrid larch in three progeny test plantations consisting of 21 full-sib families and compared the results to the carbon accumulation of open-pollinated progenies of Japanese larch plus-trees (improved Japanese larch). Gene-environment interactions were not observed for tree height and diameter at breast height but were seen for wood density (area-weighted density, AWD). The amount of carbon accumulated per unit area (Cstand) positively correlated with the stand volume. The AWD did not correlate with the C stand; therefore, families with high wood density can be selected independent of the C stand. The C stand of the best full-sib family, female parent half-sib family, and male parent half-sib family at three sites were 106.1, 84.6, and 93.2 Cton·ha−1, respectively. All these values exceed the mean for the improved Japanese larch, which has a C stand value of 82.5 Cton·ha−1.

References

  1. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2008) Climate change 2007: the physical science basis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Google Scholar 

  2. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (1998) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Frame-work Convention on Climate Change. United Nations, New York

    Google Scholar 

  3. Hiroshima T (2004) Strategy for implementing silvicultural practices in Japanese plantation forests to meet a carbon sequestration goal. J For Res 9:141–146

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Takahashi K, Yanagisawa T, Kubota Y (1968) The production and application of hybrid larch (in Japanese). Hokkaido Tree Breeding Association, Ebetsu

    Google Scholar 

  5. Miyaki Y (1990) Superior characters of the F1 hybrid Larix gmelinii × L. kaempferi and the growth gain in full-sib family selection (in Japanese). For Tree Breed Hokkaido 33(1):7–12

    Google Scholar 

  6. Oshima T, Nishikoori M (1994) Variation of stem crook in hybrid larch (Larix gmelinii var. japonica × L. leptolepis) (in Japanese). Trans Mtg Hokkaido Br Jpn For Soc 42:37–39

    Google Scholar 

  7. Tamura A, Kurinobu S, Fukatsu E, Iizuka K (2006) An investigation on the allocation of selection weight on growth and wood basic density to maximize carbon storage in the stem of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) (in Japanese with English summary). J Jpn For Soc 88:15–20

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Fujiwara T, Yamashita K, Kuroda K (2007) Basic densities as a parameter for estimating the amount of carbon removal by forests and their variation. Bull FFPRI 6:215–226

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Nei M, Fujimoto T, Akutsu S, Kita K (2005) Variation of stem crookedness and modulus of elasticity among families in hybrid larch F1 (in Japanese). Trans Mtg Hokkaido Br Jpn For Soc 53:12–14

    Google Scholar 

  10. Ohta S (1970) Measurement of the wood density by the soft X-ray and densitometric technique (in Japanese). Mokuzai Kogyo 25:27–29

    Google Scholar 

  11. Poldge H, Nicholls JWP (1972) Quantitative radiography and the densitometric analysis of wood. Wood Sci 5:51–59

    Google Scholar 

  12. Fujimoto T, Kita K, Uchiyama K, Kuromaru M, Akutsu H, Oda K (2006) Age trends in the genetic parameters of wood density and the relationship with growth rates in hybrid larch (Larix gmelinii var. japonica × L. kaempferi) F1. J For Res 11:157–163

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Vargas-Hernandez J, Adams WT (1992) Age-age correlations and early selection for wood density in young coastal Douglas-fir. For Sci 38:467–478

    Google Scholar 

  14. Hannrup B, Ekberg I (1988) Age-age correlations for tracheid length and wood density in Pinus sylvestris. Can J For Res 28:1373–1379

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Wright JW (1976) Introduction to forest genetics. Academic Press, London

    Google Scholar 

  16. Cotterill PP, Dean CA, van Wyk G (1987) Additive and dominance genetic effects in Pinus pinaster, P. radiata and P. elliottii and some implications for breeding strategy. Silvae Genet 36:221–232

    Google Scholar 

  17. Becker WA (1984) Manual of quantitative genetics, 4th edn. Academic Enterprises, Pullman

    Google Scholar 

  18. Zobel B, Talbert J (1984) Applied forest tree improvement. John Wiley & Sons, New York

    Google Scholar 

  19. Nakajima T (1948) Stem volume table in Hokkaido (in Japanese). Bun-eido, Sapporo

    Google Scholar 

  20. Tamura A, Fujisawa Y, Iizuka K, Kubota M (2005) Variation of carbon content in the stem of Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) plus-tree clones (in Japanese with English summary). J Jpn For Soc 87:52–57

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Smith DM (1954) Maximum moisture content method for determining specific gravity of small wood samples. US For Prod Lab Rep No. 2014

  22. Oshima T (1988) Growth and stem crookedness of improved Japanese larch (in Japanese). Koushunai Kiho 72:1–5

    Google Scholar 

  23. Kurinobu S, Kaneko T, Ohba K (1982) On the stratification of breeding region by genotype-environment interaction from the height of Japanese larch progeny test plantations at the age of five years old (in Japanese). J Jpn For Soc 64:320–324

    Google Scholar 

  24. Hatakeyama S (1981) Genetic and breeding studies on the regional differences of interprovenance variation in Abies sachalinensis MAST (in Japanese with English summary). Bull Hokkaido For Exp Sta 19:1–91

    Google Scholar 

  25. Tsumura M, Yoshioka K, Koseki T, Hashizume I, Aoyagi S (1953) The history of Hokkaido Forestry (in Japanese). Hokkaido Prefectural Government, Sapporo

    Google Scholar 

  26. Igarashi Y, Kumano S (1981) Vegetational changes during the Last Glacial Age in Hokkaido (in Japanese with English summary). Quat Res 20:129–141

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Zobel BJ, van Buijtenen JP (1989) Wood variation. Its causes and control. Springer, Berlin

    Book  Google Scholar 

  28. Zhang SY (1998) Effect of age on the variation, correlations and inheritance of selected wood characteristics in black spruce (Picea mariana). Wood Sci Technol 32:197–204

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. Vargas-Hernandez J, Adams WT (1991) Genetic variation of wood density components in young coastal Douglas-fir: implications for tree breeding. Can J For Res 21:1801–1807

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Hannrup B, Wilhelmsson L, Danell Ö (1998) Time trends for genetic parameters of wood density and growth traits in Pinus sylvestris L. Silvae Genet 47:214–219

    Google Scholar 

  31. Hylen G (1999) Age trends in genetic parameters of wood density in young Norway spruce. Can J For Res 29:135–143

    Article  Google Scholar 

  32. Ichimura Y, Kita K, Uchiyama K, Kuromaru M (2008) Genetic characteristic of Japanese larch as mating parents in 31-year-old hybrid larch (in Japanese). Trans Mtg Hokkaido Br Jpn For Soc 56:51–53

    Google Scholar 

  33. Fujimoto T, Akutsu s, Kita K, Uchiyama K, Kuromaru M, Oda K (2005) Genetic variation in the age of transition from juvenile to mature wood in hybrid larch (Larix gmelinii var. japonica × L. kaempferi) F1. Mokuzai Gakkaishi 51:85–91

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  34. Sano M, Ishibashi S, Ogi K, Shiraishi N (1997) Estimation of fixed CO2 in boreal forests (in Japanese). In: Hokkaido Research Center of Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (eds) Research Report 44, pp 1–6

  35. National Institute for Environmental studies, Kyoto University, Ritsumeikan University, and Mizuho Information and Research Institute (2008) A dozen of actions towards low-carbon societies (LCSs), Japan-UK Joint Research Project “A Sustainable Low-Carbon Society (LCS).” Global Environmental Research Fund (GERF/S-3-1)

  36. Chiba S (1989) “HOKKAI POPULAR,” improved Populus maximowiczii (in Japanese). For Tree Breed Hokkaido 32(1):1–4

    Google Scholar 

  37. Nagata Y, Tomaki K, Masujin T (1995) Ligneous biomass production in mini or short rotated plantation with Salix species (in Japanese). Trans Mtg Hokkaido Br Jpn For Soc 43:203–205

    Google Scholar 

  38. Kuromaru M, Kita K (2003) Vegetative propagation of hybrid larch (Larix gmelinii × L. leptolepis) F1 by rooted cuttings of juvenile seedlings (in Japanese with English summary). Bull Hokkaido For Res Inst 40:41–63

    Google Scholar 

  39. Moriguchi Y, Kita K, Uchiyama K, Kuromaru M, Tsumura Y (2008) Enhanced hybridization rates in a Larix gmelinii var. japonica × L. kaempferi interspecifi c seed orchard with a single maternal clone revealed by cytoplasmic DNA markers. Tree Genet Genomes 4:637–645

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Hokkaido Forestry Research Institute, Koshunai, Bibai, 079-0198, Japan

    Kazuhito Kita & Kazuko Uchiyama

  2. Hokkaido Forest Products Research Institute, Asahikawa, 071-0198, Japan

    Takaaki Fujimoto & Hisashi Akutsu

  3. Dohoku Branch of Hokkaido Forestry Research Institute, Nakagawa, 098-2805, Japan

    Makoto Kuromaru

Authors
  1. Kazuhito Kita
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Takaaki Fujimoto
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Kazuko Uchiyama
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Makoto Kuromaru
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Hisashi Akutsu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Kazuhito Kita.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Kita, K., Fujimoto, T., Uchiyama, K. et al. Estimated amount of carbon accumulation of hybrid larch in three 31-year-old progeny test plantations. J Wood Sci 55, 425–434 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-009-1064-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-009-1064-y

Key words