Measuring Financial Gains from Genetically Superior Trees

George Dutrow; Clark Row

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Measuring Financial Gains from Genetically Superior Trees

Informally Refereed

Authors:

George Dutrow, Clark Row

Year:

1976

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. SO-132. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.

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Abstract

Planting genetically superior loblolly pines will probably yield high profits.Forest economists have made computer simulations that predict financial gains expected from a tree improvement program under actual field conditions.

Keywords

computer simulation, tree improvement, economic gains, Pinus taeda

Citation

Dutrow, George; Row, Clark. 1976. Measuring Financial Gains from Genetically Superior Trees. Res. Pap. SO-132. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.