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Female-Strobilus Production in a Slash Pine Seed Orchard Following Branch Pruning

The utility of pruning to control the size and shape of seed orchard trees has been studied at our laboratory for a number of years. Our first experiment involved nonclonal material, and was not very informative because of the extreme variation in response among trees. More recently,one of our group began a pruning experiment in a slash pine clonal orchard. Female-strobilus production was studied during the first year following pruning; the results are reported here.


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Author(s): R. J. Varnell

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1969