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Lessons from a One-parent Test in Scotch Pine

In the autumn of 1958 Norwegian, Belgian, and East German researchers sent the Michigan State University Forestry Department open-pollinated seed from their countries from 140 different Scotch pine trees located in nine stands. Twenty East German and all 30 Belgian seedlots were from plantations. The 10 Norwegian and remaining 80 East German ones were from native stands. The same investigators sent large quantities of data about the growth rate, form, needle length, etc. of each parent.


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Author(s): Johnathan W. Wright

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Central States Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1962