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Evaluating Polypropylene Bulk Bags as Pine Cone Collection Containers and Comparing Them to Wire Wound Wooden Crates

Slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) and loblolly pine (P. taeda L.) pine cones were harvested from seed orchards during September and October of 1988. All cones were placed in either 20 bushel wire bound wooden crates or 20 bushel polypropylene bulk bags and shipped to International Forest Seed Company for seed extraction and conditioning. Seed yields (pounds per bushel) and seed quality as expressed by speed of germination (PV), total percent germination and the percentage of fungus infection were evaluated for each container type. The costs and benefits of using each container in the seed orchard and seed plant are discussed.


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Author(s): J. B. McRae, P. Ranalet, G. Hall

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1989

Section: General Session: Seed Orchard Management