Preliminary Study on Sapling Breeding for Landscaping Purposes in Mountainous Area of Simao, Yunnan

The sapling breeding experiment with 16 indigenous landscaping tree species was carried out in the mountainous area in Simao Municipality, Yunnan, and the breeding techniques were summarized based on comparing the differences in growth indexes, survival rate after some years and resistance to diseases and pest insects. It was concluded from the experiment that 9 species were screened out of the 16 that their saplings could be bred and 1 species was not suitable to be bred in the mountainous area, while the rest 6 species should be further observed for the slow growing at the initial stage.