Growth and Crown Vigor of 25 Year-Old Shortleaf Pine Progenies on a Littleleaf Disease Site

Stanley J. Zarnoch; John L. Ruehle; Roger P. Belanger; Donald H. Marx; W. Craig Bryan

doi:10.2737/SE-RP-289

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Growth and Crown Vigor of 25 Year-Old Shortleaf Pine Progenies on a Littleleaf Disease Site

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Stanley J. Zarnoch, John L. Ruehle, Roger P. Belanger, Donald H. Marx, W. Craig Bryan

Year:

1994

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SE-RP-289

Source:

Res. Pap. SE-289. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.

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Abstract

On a littleleaf disease site in South Carolina, most of the control-pollinated progeny of shrotleaf pines that appeared to be reesistant to the disease outperformed a check seedlot through age 25. Rankings of progeny based on volume changed little between ages 17 and 25.

Keywords

Tree decline, forest health, tree-ring chronologies, Pinues echinata

Citation

Zarnoch, Stanley J.; Ruehle, John L.; Belanger, Roger P.; Marx, Donald H.; Bryan, W. Craig. 1994. Growth and Crown Vigor of 25 Year-Old Shortleaf Pine Progenies on a Littleleaf Disease Site. Res. Pap. SE-289. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.