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Improved Loblolly Pine of Northern Piedmont-Source Does Well in the Northern Coastal Plain

Many organizations in the North Carolina State University-Industry Pine Tree Improvement Cooperative have landholdings in both the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions of the southeastern United States. Environmental differences between the two regions are considered great enough to warrant separate breeding programs for loblolly pine (Pinus Taeda L.). A problem sometimes faced by cooperators is that the production orchard of one region produces quantities of seed in excess of that required for reforestation programs, while the supply of improved seed for the other region fails to meet the demand. The question then arises as to whether improved material from one region should be favored over unimproved material from the other region, with the hope being that selection and breeding has improved the adaptability of the introduced material.


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Author(s): John T. Talbert, Robert J. Weir

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 30, Number 3 (1979)

Section: general

Volume: 30

Number: 3