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Variation in Photosynthesis and Respiration Among Loblolly Pine Progenies

Photosynthesis and respiration are of overwhelming importance to the production and accumulation of dry matter by plants. Unfortunately, the range of variability and the importance of the genetic control of these two aspects of metabolism, photosynthesis and respiration, has not been adequately measured in natural populations.


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Author(s): F. Thomas Ledig, Thomas O. Perry

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1967