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Variations in Height Growth and Conelet Set in Two-year-old F2 Seedlings of Loblolly Pines

Without selection, natural or artificial, there can be little genetic change of the forest. To determine if and how a particular characteristic is inherited, the tree improver must exert selection pressure on a specific characteristic. The ultimate goal is to incorporate the desired characteristics, whatever they may be, into a particular genetic strain.


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Author(s): James T. Greene

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1969