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Conservation of Forest Gene Resources: Seed Banks and Select Tree Registers

Two activities which we'd like to discuss here briefly today can contribute significantly to this omnipresent danger - that is, the loss of valuable germ plasm. The first of these is concerned with the preservation of typical seed of selected trees, species, origins, special hybrids or what have you. LeRoy Jones pulled together the presentation on this subject.


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Author(s): Robert G. Hitt, LeRoy Jones

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