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Forest Requirements: From the Viewpoint of Research

A major objective of the research forester in the field of forest production is improvement in the quantity and quality of forest crops produced by a given quantity of forest land. More simply, this means he must aim to produce a better product more rapidly and to do that with increased efficiency. This involves many things, one of which is an improvement in the basic material with which he must work, namely, trees. And in recent years this pursuit has led him more and more to the possibilities for improvement inherent in tree species and to variations within these species which may be brought out through racial selections tree breeding, and related activities.


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Author(s): William C. Bramble

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Northeastern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1953