Seed enhancement/upgrading techniques: Read the seed

Abstract

To the nursery industry in Canada, seed enhancing and upgrading techniques have ever increasingly become and are now an integral part of their operations prior to greenhouse sowing. The terms "enhancing" and "upgrading" can be used interchangeably, but they essentially mean the same thing. It's the idea of improving the quality of initial processed seed, which can be accomplished in many ways. Our upgrading work encompasses a number of coniferous species, such as white, red, jack, and lodgepole pine, and white, black, Engelmann, and blue spruce.

Parent Publication

• National proceedings: forest and conservation nursery associations-1999, 2000, and 2001

Citation

Creasy, Kim R. 2002. Seed enhancement/upgrading techniques: Read the seed. In: Dumroese, R. K.; Riley, L. E.; Landis, T. D., technical coordinators. National proceedings: forest and conservation nursery associations-1999, 2000, and 2001. Proceedings RMRS-P-24. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 187-195