SILVICULTURE OF Pinus pinea IN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRY OF MOROCCO
ABDELKADER BENABOU
Faculty of Science, Botany Team and Valorisation of Plant and Fungal Resources (BOVAREF), Research Centre Biotechnology Vegetal and Microbial, Biodiversity and Environment, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco.
AHMED El ABOUDI
Département of Biologie, Faculté of Sciences, Laboratoire de Botanique, Biotechnologie et de Protection Des Plantes, Ibn Tofail University, Kénitra, Morocco.
TAYEB EL MAADIDI
Département of Biologie, Faculté of Sciences, Laboratoire de Botanique, Biotechnologie et de Protection Des Plantes, Ibn Tofail University, Kénitra, Morocco.
AMAL BOUJRAF
Département of Biologie, Faculté of Sciences, Laboratoire de Botanique, Biotechnologie et de Protection Des Plantes, Ibn Tofail University, Kénitra, Morocco.
YOUSSEF DALLAHI *
Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Laboratoire of Microbial Biotechnologies, Cadi Ayyad University, Agrosciences and Environment, Team of Agrosciences and Environment, Marrakech, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
In Morocco, the stone pine is used for reforestation for three purposes: protection, wood production and seed production. The objective of this study is to propose to the forest manager the principles and techniques of a rational management of stone pine plantations in Morocco, focusing on pruning and thinning operations in stone pine stands. The effectiveness of the application of silviculture principles relies to a large extent on good stand growth, early pruning and the determination of the periodicity, nature and intensity of thinning. This study is based on an analysis of studies and works carried out in Morocco and abroad related to the silviculture of stone pine.
Keywords: Stone pine, silviculture, pruning, thinning, protection, production, wood, seed