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Grafting Longleaf Pine

Grafting has been the most successful technique for preserving and enlarging clones of all major southern pines except longleaf (Pinus palustris Mill.) . Graft failures in this species are at least partially attributable to the large size of stock and its slow growth, selection of scion material, timing of grafting, and care of the grafts. This paper describes a cleft-grafting method developed at the Institute of Forest Genetics. Approximately 40 percent of first-year grafts (adequate for seed orchard work) have survived.


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Author(s): H. Don Smith, Lloyd F. Smith

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 19, Number 4 (1969)

Volume: 19

Number: 4