Twenty-year results of the Lake States jack pine seed source study.

Richard M. Jeffers; Raymond A. Jensen

doi:10.2737/NC-RP-181

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Twenty-year results of the Lake States jack pine seed source study.

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Authors:

Richard M. Jeffers, Raymond A. Jensen

Year:

1980

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-RP-181

Source:

Research Paper NC-181. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Variation among Lake States jack pine seed sources in survival, total height, diameter, volume per tree, and volume per acre grown for 20 years at 14 locations in the Lake States are presented and discussed. Seed collection and seed production area recommendations are included.

Keywords

Pinus banksiana, seed source recommendations, genotype-environment interaction, juvenile-mature correlations, breeding zones

Citation

Jeffers, Richard M.; Jensen, Raymond A. 1980. Twenty-year results of the Lake States jack pine seed source study. Research Paper NC-181. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station