Morphological Characters in Seedlings of Three Brutian Pine Population

In the study, the variations in the characters of seedlings from Y？lanl？-Boyal？, Ac？payam-Kelek？i and ？ameli-G？lda？ populations of Brutian pine were investigated. In addition, seedling quality evaluation was carried out in terms of the shoot height and root collar diameter according to TS 2265/February 1988. Ac？payam-kelek？i population had the highest shoot height and the longest root length, ？ameli-G？lda？ population had the highest root collar diameter and the number of root, and Y？lanl？-Boyal？ population had the highest leaf length. According to standards of TSI February 1988; 60% of the seedlings were found to be within the standards in terms of shoot height whereas 97% of those were unsuitable seedlings based on the root collar diameter. As a result, the seedlings of the studied populations did not achieve the root collar diameter and shoot height of TSE seedling standards given for Brutian pine