This site contains information pertaining to the demonstration
network established with the financial assistance of the Testing,
Experimenting and Technological Transfer in Forestry program (TETTF)
sponsored by the Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre.
The object of this federal program, funded under the Canada-Quebec
Subsidiary Agreement on the Economic Development of the Regions
of Quebec, was to support the sustainable development of the forest
sector in Quebec's resource regions of Eastern Quebec, North central
Quebec, Western Quebec, as well as the North Shore.
CERFO
(Centre d'enseignement et de recherche en foresterie de Ste-Foy
inc.), a forestry teaching and research organization, acted as project
promotor under the direction of Serge
Leblanc, F. Eng. assisted by Donald
Blouin, F.Eng., M.Sc. The TETTF program officer was Claude
Aerni, B.Sc.F.
Jean Beaulieu,F. Eng., Ph.D.
and Gaétan Daoust,
F. Eng., of the Tree Biotechnology and Advanced Genetics Network
of Natural Resources Canada, were serving as scientific advisers,
with the collaboration of the Tree Breeding Service researchers
of the Ministère des Ressources Naturelles du Québec
(Quebec Department of Natural Resources).
In Quebec, since the late 1960s, the Natural Resources departments
of both Canada and Quebec have devoted much energy to the genetic
improvement of trees. The network was set up to demonstrate the
growth and quality gains of genetically improved seed sources recommended
for reforestation in comparison with local or poor quality seed
sources.
To this end, a series of demonstration
plantations each covering from 1 to 3 ha and containing
seedlings of various origins has been established across the province.
The diagram below illustrates the expected gains according to the
different stages of the genetic improvement projects.
![diagram](/web/20061102103931im_/http://demonstration.cfl.scf.rncan.gc.ca/images/accueil/graphique_e.gif)
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