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Grading seed by weight in white spruce

In white spruce, sorting seed by weight for container seedling production is biased in favor of trees that produce a narrow range of heavy seeds. Recommendation: do not sort by weight until more is known about the genetic implications of this practice.


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Author(s): A. K. Hellum

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 27, Number 1 (1976)

Section: General

Volume: 27

Number: 1