<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>3</ref-type><contributors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The use of cork oak in the ecological and landscape restoration of the Latium Hills</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SYMPOSIUM ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF MOUNTAIN LANDS</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 500, 3001 LEUVEN 1, BELGIUM</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">47-54</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">90-6605-760-2</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The cork oak (Quercus suber L.) is a western Mediterranean species&lt;br/&gt;frequently found in Italy along the Tyrrhenian coast and on the islands.&lt;br/&gt;Its economic importance is well known, but the species is also&lt;br/&gt;ecologically precious. Notably, in fact, it is extremely resistant to&lt;br/&gt;forest fires.&lt;br/&gt;Because of its properties a project is on its way to restore the&lt;br/&gt;marginal lands of northern Latium through the reforestation with&lt;br/&gt;selected specimens of cork oak. The main aims of the project are:&lt;br/&gt;the genetic comparison between cork oak of different Italian provenances&lt;br/&gt;the establishment of an experimental arboretum which will collect cork&lt;br/&gt;oak deriving from the 34 main European areas&lt;br/&gt;the running of experimental trials on innovative reforestation&lt;br/&gt;techniques, such as the Miyawaki method.&lt;br/&gt;The methodology and initial results of the project are reported.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>