Ray tissues as an indirect measure of relative sap-sugar concentration in sugar maple

Peter W. Garrett; Kenneth Dudzik; Kenneth R. Dudzik

doi:10.2737/NE-RP-626

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Ray tissues as an indirect measure of relative sap-sugar concentration in sugar maple

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Authors:

Peter W. Garrett, Kenneth Dudzik, Kenneth R. Dudzik

Year:

1989

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NE-RP-626

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-626. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p.

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Abstract

Attempts to correlate ray tissue as a percentage of total wood volume with sap-sugar concentrations of sugar maple progenies were unsuccessful. These results raise doubts about our ability to use a relatively constant value such as ray-tissue volume in a selection program designed to increase the sap-sugar concentration of sugar maple seedlings.

Keywords

sugar maple, sap sugar, ray tissue, tree improvement

Citation

Garrett, Peter W.; Dudzik, Kenneth R. 1989. Ray tissues as an indirect measure of relative sap-sugar concentration in sugar maple. Res. Pap. NE-626. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p.