Results of the conference in Kazan
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Trip to Kaybitsky forestry opened the conference participants the practical side of conservation and reproduction oak. The guests visited the genetic reserve oak and linden branch VNIILM dedicated scientists. Since Peter I of Russia the best specimens of oaks were felled, while nobody cared about saving material for their reproduction. Today in forest genetic reserves an area of almost 750 hectares is being painstaking work to preserve the most valuable gene pool for reproduction oak. The most "successful" boled oaks ("plus trees") are fenced specifically, their acorns later become the main foundation creating high oak stands.
