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Forest Tree Improvement in the Department of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin in cooperation with the Wisconsin Conservation Department undertook a program in forest tree improvement in July of 1948. The general objective of the program was for the improvement of the genetic quality of the forest tree planting stock used in Wisconsin reforestation. The program has been developed along three general lines. They are: 1. Selections and testing of superior forest tree species, 2. Hybridization studies, 3. Specialized studies on such problems as vegetative propagation, flower induction, establishment and maintenance of forest tree seed orchards, etc.


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Author(s): Robert G. Hitt

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1957