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Chapter 6 - Racial Variation - Trees Planted

This chapter is devoted to a discussion of traits and genotypic variation in trees grown in study plots at a few geographic locations. The seed for these studies was collected at different locations within the range of each species. It is in contrast to the preceding chapter discussing phenotypic variation in trees growing at various locations generally within the natural range.


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Author(s): Keith W. Dorman

Publication: The Genetics and Breeding of Southern Pines - Part III. Variation Among Geographic Locations