Bio-ecological Peculiarities of Genus Pinus L. Species Under Conditions of Eastern Georgia

• Main Authors: Tamar Nadiradze, Tea Mchedluri
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Academic Publishing House Researcher 2014-06-01
• Series: Evropejskij Issledovatelʹ
• Subjects: Pinus; spread; evergreen; coniferous; vegetation; cambium; life expanse; height growth period; accumulation- transformation of carbohydrates
• Online Access: http://www.erjournal.ru/journals_n/1403948568.pdf
• ISSN: 2219-8229; 2224-0136

The article discusses bio-ecological peculiarities of the following species of genus Pinus L. spread in eastern Georgia: Pinus eldarica Medw., P. griffithii McCleland., P. cembra L., P. pallasiana Lamb., P. pinea L., P. sabiniana Dougl., P. sylvestris L., P. sosnowskyi Nakai, P. strobus L., the perspectives of their usage in Green Building and contemporary problems. We have studied the periods of bud opening, vegetation ending, starting and finishing of cambium action, sprout woodening process, time and rate of growing in height, and regularities of accumulation-transformation of storage carbohydrates. The studies revealed that the annual development cycle of all these species includes all morphological -physiological periods: sprout growth, latent growth, organic and forced rest. They are characterized by the good growth-development; almost all of them are perspective for eastern Georgia, particularly, for all regions of inner Kakheti. However, in recent years, massive drying up of pine forests groves takes place in eastern Georgia. That is why it is necessary to conduct the fitopatologic research, identify the pest causing the damage and plan the measures against it.