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Interspecific Hybridization in Forest Trees: Potential Not Realized

The paper reviews the history of interspecific hybridization in general and more specifically interspecific hybridization of forest trees. The early views that interspecific hybridization would be a panacea for all tree improvement problems has largely been dispelled. Heterosis in hybrids, far from being a common phenomenon, is rare. Probably the more promising, and most useful contribution of interspecific hybridization is in transferring desirable genes from one species to another.


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Author(s): Daniel M. Schmitt

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Northeastern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1973