Article 10506 Table 2

Table 2. Target groups of respondents in the survey of perceptions towards tree breeding and vegetative propagation, number of respondents identifying themselves in each target group, proportion of respondents in each target group overall, experience regarding vegetative propagation presented, and the interest towards possibilities to improve certain traits in propagation material, with the scale from one (not at all important) to four (highly important); mean values presented with a standard error of the mean. Answers in each group with a mean value with ≥ 3.4 in bold and underlined.

Private forest owner / responsible for private forests

Private forest organisation

Producers of Christmas
trees

Public forest organisation

Responsible for public forests (public sector)

Forest plant producers

Seed producers

Producers of ornamental trees

Other

All

Number of respondents

2833

105

44

38

26

20

15

11

71

3163

Share of respondents, %

89.6

3.3

1.4

1.2

0.8

0.6

0.5

0.3

2.2

100.0

Experience of vegetative propagation, % (if yes)

23

41

39

31

46

35

27

72

47

Production of plants with known characteristics

3.1 (±0.0)

3.2 (±0.1)

3.1 (±0.2)

3.3 (±0.2)

3.2 (±0.2)

3.0 (±0.1)

3.1 (±0.0)

Enabling storage of regenerable cell lines for decades

2.9 (±0.0)

3.0 (±0.1)

3.0 (±0.2)

3.1 (±0.1)

2.9 (±0.2)

3.0 (±0.2)

2.9 (±0.2)

3.6 (±0.2)

2.8 (±0.1)

2.9 (±0.0)

Produce tailor-made wood as raw material for industries

2.9 (±0.0)

3.0 (±0.1)

3.3 (±0.1)

2.7 (±0.1)

2.8 (±0.2)

2.9 (±0.2)

2.8 (±0.1)

2.8 (±0.2)

3.1 (±0.1)

2.9 (±0.0)

Produce desired secondary compounds

3.0 (±0.0)

3.1 (±0.1)

2.9 (±0.1)

3.0 (±0.2)

3.3 (±0.2)

3.1 (±0.3)

3.0 (±0.1)

3.0 (±0.0)

Increase growth remarkably

3.2 (±0.0)

3.2 (±0.1)

3.4 (±0.1)

3.0 (±0.1)

3.4 (±0.1)

3.2 (±0.2)

3.4 (±0.1)

3.3 (±0.2)

3.4 (±0.1)

3.2 (±0.0)

Shorten rotation time

3.1 (±0.0)

2.9 (±0.1)

3.3 (±0.2)

2.9 (±0.2)

3.4 (±0.1)

2.9 (±0.3)

3.3 (±0.2)

2.9 (±0.3)

3.2 (±0.1)

3.1 (±0.0)

Improve wood quality

3.3 (±0.0)

3.3 (±0.1)

3.1 (±0.1)

3.7 (±0.1)

3.2 (±0.2)

3.3 (±0.2)

3.4 (±0.1)

3.3 (±0.0)

Improve resilience of forests in changing climate

3.4 (±0.0)

3.4 (±0.1)

3.5 (±0.1)

3.1 (±0.1)

3.3 (±0.2)

3.4 (±0.2)

3.1 (±0.3)

3.4 (±0.1)

3.4 (±0.0)

Securing species’ gene pool (biotic or abiotic threats)

3.4 (±0.0)

3.4 (±0.1)

3.5 (±0.1)

3.3 (±0.1)

3.6 (±0.1)

3.4 (±0.2)

3.5 (±0.2)

3.7 (±0.1)

3.5 (±0.1)

3.4 (±0.0)

Improve decay resistance of trees/ wood

3.2 (±0.0)

3.2 (±0.1)

3.3 (±0.2)

3.0 (±0.1)

3.4 (±0.1)

3.1 (±0.2)

3.0 (±0.2)

3.2 (±0.2)

3.1 (±0.1)

3.2 (±0.0)

Improve pest resistance of trees

3.4 (±0.0)

3.5 (±0.1)

3.3 (±0.2)

3.3 (±0.1)

3.3 (±0.2)

3.5 (±0.1)

3.5 (±0.2)

3.4 (±0.1)

3.4 (±0.0)

Improve tolerance of ornamentals to varying conditions

2.2 (±0.0)

2.3 (±0.1)

2.1 (±0.2)

2.2 (±0.1)

2.0 (±0.2)

2.5 (±0.3)

2.2 (±0.3)

2.2 (±0.2)

2.0 (±0.1)

2.2 (±0.0)

Cultivation of desired special forms as ornamental trees

2.1 (±0.0)

2.2 (±0.1)

2.0 (±0.2)

1.9 (±0.1)

2.0 (±0.1)

2.6 (±0.3)

2.2 (±0.3)

2.0 (±0.3)

1.9 (±0.1)

2.1 (±0.0)

Cultivation of Christmas trees without shoot excision

2.1 (±0.0)

2.2 (±0.1)

2.2 (±0.2)

2.1 (±0.1)

2.1 (±0.2)

2.4 (±0.2)

2.3 (±0.3)

2.0 (±0.3)

2.0 (±0.1)

2.1 (±0.0)

Produce trees with special growth habit or needle colour

1.8 (±0.0)

1.9 (±0.1)

1.7 (±0.2)

1.5 (±0.1)

1.9 (±0.2)

2.0 (±0.2)

1.7 (±0.2)

1.7 (±0.4)

1.6 (±0.1)

1.8 (±0.0)

Regulate needle or leaf colour

1.6 (±0.0)

1.7 (±0.1)

1.7 (±0.2)

1.4 (±0.1)

1.5 (±0.1)

1.7 (±0.2)

1.6 (±0.2)

1.4 (±0.3)

1.5 (±0.1)

1.6 (±0.0)

Replace import of seedlings

3.2 (±0.0)

3.3 (±0.1)

3.1 (±0.1)

3.4 (±0.1)

3.2 (±0.2)

3.4 (±0.1)

3.4 (±0.2)

3.2 (±0.1)

3.2 (±0.0)

Expand export to abroad

3.0 (±0.0)

3.0 (±0.1)

3.2 (±0.1)

2.9 (±0.1)

3.1 (±0.2)

3.2 (±0.2)

3.1 (±0.1)

3.0 (±0.3)

3.0 (±0.1)

3.0 (±0.0)