Height growth to age 8 of larch species and hybrids in Wisconsin.

Don Riemenschneider; Hans Nienstaedt

doi:10.2737/NC-RP-239

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Height growth to age 8 of larch species and hybrids in Wisconsin.

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Authors:

Don Riemenschneider, Hans Nienstaedt

Year:

1983

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-RP-239

Source:

Research Paper NC-239. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Height growth of tamarack; Siberian, European and Japanese larch; and hybrids between the European and Japanese larch were compared in an 8-year-old test in north-central Wisconsin. Hybrids were tallest and best reached 469 cm (15.4 feet) in mean height at age 8 years from seed. Hybrids exceeded European larch mean height by 12% and tamarack by 23%. Breeding strategies are discussed.

Keywords

progeny tests, provenances, breeding strategies, adaptation

Citation

Riemenschneider, Don E.; Nienstaedt, Hans. 1983. Height growth to age 8 of larch species and hybrids in Wisconsin. Research Paper NC-239. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station