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Table 1 Source and parentage of the poplar cultivars used

From: Biomass productivity of selected poplar (Populus spp.) cultivars in short rotations in northern Poland§

Cultivar name

Parent 1

Section of Populus genus

Parent 2

Section of Populus genus

Sex

Source

‘AF-8’

P. × generosa (a cross between P. deltoides and P. trichocarpa

s. Aigeiros for P. deltoides and s. Tacamahaca for P. trichocarpa

P. trichocarpa

s. Tacamahaca

Alasia Franco Vivai, Savigliano, Italy

‘AF-6’

P. × generosa (a cross between P. deltoides and P. trichocarpa)

s. Aigeiros for P. deltoides and s. Tacamahaca for P. trichocarpa

P. nigra

s. Aigeiros

Alasia Franco Vivai, Savigliano, Italy

‘AF-2’

P. deltoides

s. Aigeiros

P. nigra

s. Aigeiros

Alasia Franco Vivai, Savigliano, Italy

‘MON’ = ‘Monviso’

P. × generosa (a cross between P. deltoides and P. trichocarpa)

s. Aigeiros for P. deltoides and s. Tacamahaca for P. trichocarpa

P. nigra (P. nigra × P. nigra)

s. Aigeiros

Alasia Franco Vivai, Savigliano, Italy

‘Albelo’

P. deltoides

s. Aigeiros

P. nigra

s. Aigeiros

Luis Poloni, Nerac, France

‘Degrosso’

P. deltoides

s. Aigeiros

P. nigra

s. Aigeiros

Luis Poloni, Nerac, France

‘Polargo’

P. deltoides

s. Aigeiros

P. nigra

s. Aigeiros

Luis Poloni, Nerac, France

‘Koster’

P. deltoides

s. Aigeiros

P. nigra

s. Aigeiros

Luis Poloni, Nerac, France

‘Fritzi Pauley’

P. trichocarpa

s. Tacamahaca

P. trichocarpa

s. Tacamahaca

Brzeg Forest District, Poland

‘NE-42’ syn. ‘Hybrida 275’ or ‘OP-42’

P. maximowiczii

s. Tacamahaca

P. trichocarpa

s. Tacamahaca

Brzeg Forest District, Poland