Whole-canopy gas exchange among four elite loblolly pine seed sources planted in the western gulf region

Bradley S. Osbon; Michael A. Blazier; Michael C. Tyree; Mary Anne Sword Sayer

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Whole-canopy gas exchange among four elite loblolly pine seed sources planted in the western gulf region

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Authors:

Bradley S. Osbon, Michael A. Blazier, Michael C. Tyree, Mary Anne Sword Sayer

Year:

2012

Type:

Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In: Butnor, John R., ed. 2012. Proceedings of the 16th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. e-Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-156. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 235-236.

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Abstract

Planting of artificially selected, improved seedlings has led to large increases in productivity of intensively managed loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) forests in the southeastern United States. However, more data are needed to give a deeper understanding of how physiology and crown architecture affect productivity of diverse genotypes. The objective of this study was to gain an understanding of whole-canopy gas exchange and crown architecture characteristics that govern productivity of four rapid-growing loblolly pine seed sources.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 16th biennial southern silvicultural research conference

Citation

Osbon, Bradley S.; Blazier, Michael A.; Tyree, Michael C.; Sword-Sayer, Mary Anne. 2012. Whole-canopy gas exchange among four elite loblolly pine seed sources planted in the western gulf region. In: Butnor, John R., ed. 2012. Proceedings of the 16th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. e-Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-156. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 235-236.