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TEAK IN MEKONG

seed production areas (SPA) were conversion of plantations into SPA and
established at that time (Gyi and Myint, the management strategies are still
2008). In 1996, The Director of the needed to effective and efficient
Training and Research Development successful SPA. Gyi and Myint (2008)
Division issued a detailed instruction on the mentioned that SPA establishment
establishment of SPA to the States and should be initiated as it is a quick and
Regions. Until 2020, there are 6 species most inexpensive way of getting quality
such as Teak, Pyinkado, Padauk, Yemane, seed, and after that CSO can be followed
Pinus and Mangrove species, with the total with the expertise as it takes time and
number of 235 (Table 3-5). But the proper money.

Table 3-4 Teak clonal seed orchard in Myanmar
Established year Area (ha) Location

1981 -1982 34 Oktwin

1988 6 Pyinmana

Table 3-5 Seed production areas (SPA) in Myanmar
No. Species No. of SPAs Area (ha)

1. Teak (Tectona grandis) 191 3,256
2. Pyinkado (Xylia xylocarpa) 27 768

3. Padauk (Pterocarpus marcrocarpus) 1 10
4. Pinus sp. 9 111

5. Yemane (Gemlina arborea) 2 20
6. 6 Mangrove species 5 89

Total 235 4,254

Teak Provenance Trials The production of high-quality teak
through the genetic improvement is the
Apart from the quantitative production of
Teak plantation is quality. The improved important role to support the sustainable
planting materials of superior genetic forest management in Myanmar. As the
quality is one of the factors for the ex-situ conservation of Teak, Teak
successfully plantations establishment. provenance trials were established (Table 3-6).

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