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Forest Genetics At The University of Michigan

The School of Natural Resources at the University of Michigan has maintained a small program in forest genetics since 1930 when research was initiated to develop chestnuts resistant to the chestnut blight. In keeping with the tradition of a liberal arts university center, each staff member has been permitted to develop his interest in forest genetics independently, without the setting up of long-term group projects. Because the School of Natural Resources has close contact with strong departments of Botany and Zoology in the same building, and because no agricultural experiment station exists at the University, the research program in forest genetics has tended to remain on a small scale and to stress the interest of individual staff members and graduate students. At the present time, work is in progress or has been initiated on four general problems: (1) the development of blight-resistant chestnut trees; (2) the testing of ponderosa pine for resistance to a rust tentatively identified as Cronartium cerebrum; (3) the development of a Norway spruce strain resistant to the spruce gall aphid; and (4) the testing of various European races of Scotch pine.


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Author(s): Stephen H. Spurr