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Variation in salt tolerance of slash pine (Pinus elliottii) families

The average temperature is going up, the glaciers are melting, and sea levels are rising! Salt tolerance will become an important factor in restoring vegetation in coastal environments. In Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, slash pine (Pinus elliottii) occurs in coastal and barrier island environments that are often subject to salt-water exposure. No information is available on the inheritance of saltwater tolerance in slash pine though one might expect that the barrier island pines would be more tolerant than mainland sources.


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Author(s): R.C. Schmidtling, Charles S. Burdine, James H. Roberds, C. Dana Nelson

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 2021