Ukrainian Journal of Forest and Wood Science

Productivity and shoots output of 17 poplar cultivars in plantations with “stump” type of management are characterized. The expediency of their use for biomass production and planting material (cuttings) output were evaluated. The optimum height of mother plant’s stump to ensure the greatest productivity of most cultivars is range of 1.0 to 0.5 m. Cultivars ‘Ghoy’ and ‘I -214’ are appropriate for wood biomass production in the examined region. Cultivars ‘Ghoy’, ‘Marilandika’ and ‘Ijzer-5’ are the most productive for planting material (cuttings) store.

poplar, plantations establishment, cultivar, “stump” type of plantation management, biomass, cuttings