Selection and Breeding of Slash and Longleaf Pine at Lake City, Florida
The selection of better strains as parents for numerous agricultural crops has brought great returns to the various industries. Foresters were at first slow to grasp the great possibilities of selection and breeding of superior trees, but during the last decade the accomplishments in the allied fields of agriculture have stimulated a growing interest in the possibilities of improving our forest trees.
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Author(s): Francois Mergen
Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1953