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Clonal or Seedling Seed Orchards?

We can expect considerable discussion of clonal vs. seedling seed orchards during the next few years; and in regard to genetic improvement of timber trees the arguments pro and con will probably be theoretical. The primary purpose of this paper is to point out that there is a source of information on the use of seed orchards over a long period of years that could be of great value to forest tree improvement- - if it can be tapped.


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Author(s): Ernst. J. Schreiner

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Northeastern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1961