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Cold Hardiness of Interspecific Hybrids Between Pinus strobus and P. wallichiana Measured by Post-Freezing Needle Electrolyte Leakage

Lu, P., Colombo, S. J., and Sinclair, R. W. Tree Physiology 27:243-250. 2007.

To test the efficacy of backcrossing with P. strobus to improve cold hardiness, 1-year-old seedlings from hybrid crosses differing in P. strobus genome composition were artificially freeze-tested.


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Author(s): P. Lu, Stephen J. Colombo, R. W. Sinclair

Section: Seedling Physiology and Morphology

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