Application of Biomarker Technologies for Afforestation

Abstract

Oji Holdings have been expanding the oversea plantation area to 240,000 ha until 2012. These logged trees are utilizing to make lumber, plywood and wood chips. The selection of the appropriate tree to each plantation environment is required, because it is different weather and soil conditions between each plantation. The selected excellent trees propagate by cutting and plant as clonal plantation. Therefore restrict conservation of these selected trees are important for future production, wood quality and yield ratio of lumber.
To control production and quality, we developed identification method with SNP biomarkers. Using the SNP marker in E. pellita clonal trial and clone bank, we successfully identified and rearranged for more than 100 kinds of clones.