Genetic variation and seed transfer guidelines for ponderosa pine in the Ochoco and Malheur National Forests of central Oregon.

Frank Sorensen; John C. Weber

doi:10.2737/PNW-RP-468

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Genetic variation and seed transfer guidelines for ponderosa pine in the Ochoco and Malheur National Forests of central Oregon.

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Authors:

Frank Sorensen, John C. Weber

Year:

1994

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-RP-468

Source:

Res. Pap. PNW-RP-468. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 30 p

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Abstract

Adaptive genetic variation in seed and seedling traits was evaluated for 280 families from 220 locations. Factor scores from three principal components were related by multiple regression to latitude, longitude, elevation, slope, and aspect of the seed source, and by classification analysis to seed zone and elevation band in seed zone. Location variance was significant but not large. Multiple regression equations explained less than 50 percent of location variance. Slope-aspect variables were important.

Keywords

Pinus ponderosa, seedlings, breeding zones, provenance, genetic variation, adaptive variation, genetic diversity

Citation

Sorensen, Frank C.; Weber, John C. 1994. Genetic variation and seed transfer guidelines for ponderosa pine in the Ochoco and Malheur National Forests of central Oregon. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-468. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 30 p