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Forest Tree Improvement Studies at Purdue University

The contributing project from Indiana to Regional Project NC-51 is entitled, "Development of Planted Conifers and Hardwoods Derived from Selection and Breeding". Its stated objectives are: (1) to determine satisfactory methods for establishing and growing species provided by cooperators in the regional project; (2) to determine ranges in genetic variation as plantations develop in Indiana for comparison with results from other cooperating states; and (3) to determine physiological differences in planting stock provided by the regional project.


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Author(s): Clair Merritt

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Central States Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1962