Title: Long-term Forest Genetics Research in Northeastern North America: a Sampler
Abstract: Tree breeding research began in the Northeast as early as the 1920s, when the Oxford Paper Company of Rumford, ME sponsored hybrid poplar breeding work by Dr. Ernest Schreiner. This research was transferred to the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station in Durham, NH in 1937. For the rest of the 20th century, the Station remained active in long-term forest genetics research on a variety of species, including many research plantations on the Massabesic Experimental Forest near Alfred, ME. Some recent applications from research originated by the USDA Forest Service on white pine and sugar maple illustrate the continuing utility of this work. Various universities in New England also maintain long-term forest genetics research projects.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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