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Forest Tree Improvement Studies at the University of Illinois

The University of Illinois is firmly committed to, but not yet fully engaged in, a program of research in forest genetics and tree improvement. Graduate research under the recently implemented Master of Science program in forestry will strengthen this program, and the completion of much needed greenhouse space will facilitate more intensive research. Provenance studies have been greatly expanded during the past two years. Rangewide seed source studies of Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), red oak (Quercus rubra L.), Japanese larch (Larix leptolepis S. et 4 Gord.), and European black pine (Pinus nigra Arn.) have been undertaken in cooperation with the several states involved in the North Central Cooperative Regional Project No. NC-51 on forest tree improvement. Further cooperation in the range-wide seed source study of Douglasfir (Pseudotsuga menziesii Nirb. Franco), to be conducted in Illinois under stand and windbreak conditions, is contemplated.


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Author(s): Jalmer J. Jokela

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