Building a Common Garden Network for High Throughput Seed Transfer - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Building a Common Garden Network for High Throughput Seed Transfer Development Francis Kilkenny USDA FS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID Fred Edwards Bureau of Land Management, Reno, NV USFS-RMRS-GSD, Francis Kilkenny

Native plant material restoration cycle Native Seed Collection Evaluation and Development Restore Native Plant Initial Seed Increase Communities Seed Storage Seed Production

Native plant material restoration cycle Native Seed Collection Evaluation and Development Restore Native Plant Initial Seed Increase Communities Seed Storage Seed Production

Trait Selection Seed collection 1-3 yr Evaluation and 1-2 yr selection for desired traits Evaluation and 1-2 yr selection for desired traits 2-10 yr ? Evaluation of selected 5 yr lines in restoration conditions Available for 10-22 production yr

Source Selection Trait Selection Seed collection 1-3 yr Seed collection 1-3 yr Evaluation and 1-2 yr Evaluation and selection 2-5 yr selection for desired for populations with traits desired traits Evaluation and 1-2 yr 0-5 yr ? selection for desired traits 2-10 yr ? Evaluation of selected 5 yr lines in restoration conditions Evaluation of selected 5 yr 2-3 yr Foundation seed lines in restoration increase for desired conditions zones (additional seed collection?) Available for Available for 10-22 10-21 production production yr yr

Source Selection Seed Transfer Trait Selection Seed collection 1-3 yr Seed collection 1-3 yr Seed collection 1-3 yr Evaluation and 1-2 yr Evaluation and selection 2-5 yr Common garden 2-3 yr selection for desired for populations with study traits desired traits Evaluation and 1-2 yr 0-5 yr 1-2 yr Seed transfer ? selection for desired guidelines traits 2-10 yr ? Evaluation of selected 5 yr Evaluation of selected 5 yr lines in restoration lines in restoration conditions conditions Evaluation of selected 5 yr 2-3 yr 2-3 yr Foundation seed Foundation seed lines in restoration increase for desired increase for desired conditions zones (additional zones (additional seed collection?) seed collection?) Available for Available for Available for 10-22 10-21 10-16 production production production yr yr yr

Building an efficiencies into plant material evaluation and development

Coordination Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

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Coordination Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Groups 1, 2, 3 7

Coordination Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Groups 1, 2, 3 12 7

Costs

Additional efficiencies Seed collection Developing cultivation practices Seed increase

Seed transfer guidelines (seed zones)

Seed zones originate in forestry Douglas-fir; Specialist Western redcedar; Generalist

Adaptive seed zones are constructed using data from common garden studies Grow families in a common Measure many adaptive environment traits Collect seed from many sources Traits vs source GIS environment St. Clair et al. 2005 Annals of Botany

Bluebunch wheatgrass genecology study USFS-RMRS-GSD, Matt Fisk

Bluebunch wheatgrass genecology study St. Clair et al. 2013 Evol. Appl.

Bluebunch wheatgrass genecology study St. Clair et al. 2013 Evol. Appl.

Bluebunch wheatgrass reciprocal transplant study

Bluebunch reciprocal transplant study sites

Intermountain common garden network (the beginnings)

Sites with staff/personnel

Forest Service nurseries

NRCS Plant Materials Centers

Various long-term research sites, universities and federal

Bluebunch reciprocal transplant sites with extra infrastructure (fences)

Showy goldeneye Thickleaf penstemon Douglas' dustymaiden ( Heliomeris multiflora ) ( Penstemon pachyphyllus ) ( Chaenactis douglasii ) Globemallow Hoary tansyaster Nettleleaf horsemint ( A. Yellow beeplant ( M. canescens ) ( S. grossulariifolia ) urticifolia ) ( Cleome lutea )

THANK YOU! Sarah Kulpa Dirk Netz Holly Prendeville John Proctor Brad St. Clair

The preceding presentation was delivered at the 2017 National Native Seed Conference Washington, D.C. February 13-16, 2017 This and additional presentations available at http://nativeseed.info