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A Jack Pine Seedling Seed Orchard Plantation of Usual Design

The seed orchard plantation to be discussed here is part of a program for genetic improvement of jack pine planting stock used in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The principal activity of the program's first selection cycle involves testing at two or more locations, of open-pollinated families from more than 200 mildly selected parent trees.


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Author(s): Jerome I. Klein

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Northeastern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1973