Abeer Ibrahem*(1) Imad Qubaily(1) Ali Thabet(1) and Samaher damserko(1)
(1). Department of Forestry and Environment, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Dr. Abeer Ibrahem. E-Mail: ink_abeer@yahoo.com).
Received: 17/10/2017 Accepted: 23/02/2018
Abstract
The research aims to study the situation of natural regeneration of the Cedrus libani A. in some afforested sites (Alnabe Matah, and Mawla Hassan) in Tartous, Syria; in order to determine the causes of weakness of the natural regeneration of Cedrus libani in these sites, by checking the vigor of Cedrus libani seeds through the germination under the influence of some environmental factors, and determine the status of the natural regeneration of Cedrus libani in the studied sites. The germination tests showed a good vigor of Cedrus libani seeds which collected from afforested Cedrus libani forest stands. The seedlings stage is the main obstacle of the success of Cedrus libani natural regeneration; since most of the seedlings had died in the first year of their life because of the summer drought.
Key Words: Cedrus libani, natural regeneration, Alnabe Matah afforested site, Mawla Hassan afforested site, Tartous, Syria.
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