This research aimed to determine the variability of the part of the sessile
oak gene pool from the area of the Natural Monument ?Kosutnjak Forest? at
the level of one- and two-year-old seedlings, in the progeny test
established in the nursery of the Faculty of Forestry. The research was
conducted with one-year-old and two-year-old seedlings of 10 half-sib lines
of the sessile oak. The heights and root collar diameters were measured, and
the survival of the seedlings at the end of the second growth period, as
well as the annual height and diameter growth, were determined. The results
of descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance and Fisher?s least
significant differences test, as well as multivariate analyzes - cluster and
analysis of the main components were also presented in the research. The
obtained results indicate a satisfactory level of genetic variability, which
represents a good starting point for the realization of ex situ conservation
of part of the gene pool, by establishing a field trial in the area of
Kosutnjak and/or by introducing seedlings in smaller or larger groups to
this area. In this way, part of the gene pool of the starting population,
represented by seedlings of different half-sib lines, is permanently
preserved, the number of the starting population increases, and conditions
are created for continuous scientific and research work.