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Applications of Vegetative Propagation to Forest Tree Improvement

Vegetative propagation is one of the most important techniques available to the tree breeder both in the experimental work and in the practical applications of the results of the breeding. Using this method of propagation it is possible to maintain selected elite trees indefinitely without first having to develop true-breeding stock through inbreeding. In this and other ways vegetative propagation enables the tree breeder to shorten a breeding program considerably.


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Author(s): Hans Nienstadet

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Northeastern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1953