Proceedings of the 13th Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Conference, August 1977.

Abstract

Presents 18 papers concerning recent research in forest genetics, physiology, and allied fields. Species groups discussed include pine, spruce, and birch.

Titles contained within Proceedings of the 13th Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Conference, August 1977.

• Promotion of flowering in the Pinaceae by hormones -- a reality
• Longleaf pine flowering in response to nitrogen fertilization, branch girdling, growth substances, and cultivation
• Efficiency of seed production in southern pine seed orchards
• Flower production on clonal orchards at Oconto River Seed Orchard in Wisconsin
• Seed production in the first eight years and frequency of natural selfing in a simulated jack pine seedling seed orchard
• Rooting of conifer propagules
• Mass production alternatives for fast-growing spruce hybrids
• Improved trees: economic promises and pitfalls
• The genetic and economic effect of preliminary culling in the seedling orchard
• Damage to southern Michigan conifers during the winter of 1976-77
• Performance of northern white-cedar in central Illinois
• Geographic variation of jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.)
• Intraspecific variation in himalayan white pine, Pinus griffithii
• The bionomics of the cottonwood leaf beetle, Chrysomela scripta Fab., on tissue culture hybrid poplars
• Heritability construction for provenance and family selection
• Analysis of variance calculations for irregular experiments
• Variation in monoterpene content among geographic sources of eastern white pine
• The yellow x paper birch hybrid--a potential substitute for yellow birch on problem sites

Citation

USDA FS 1979. Proceedings of the 13th Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Conference, August 1977. General Technical Report NC-50. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station