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A Cost Study of White Pine Seed Orchard Management

The Ohio Division of Forestry has long been aware of the need to incorporate the potential of genetic improvement of forest trees into it's reforestation program. The lack of a definite tree improvement program (thus proper direction) in the past has resulted in good intentions but little to show for the Division's efforts. Early in 1984, the Division and the OARDC executed a memorandum of understanding which formalized the cooperative relationship between the two institutions in relation to tree improvement efforts, setting the patchwork for future accomplishments.


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Author(s): James Stafford, Lawrence Smeltzer

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - North Central Tree Improvement Conference - 1987