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Estimates of Heritabilities and Genetic Gains for Populations of Virginia Pine

In 1962, the Kentucky-Tennessee Section of the Society of American Foresters sponsored a study to determine the natural variation in Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana Mill.). There were two main objectives in the proposed study: to determine the natural variation in wood properties and to determine the genetic variation in open-pollinated progenies in the natural populations of Virginia pine found in Kentucky and Tennessee.


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Author(s): Richard M. Evans, Eyvind Thorbjorsen

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1971