A Budget Tree Improvement Program

1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Nienstaedt ◽  
Hyun Kang
Keyword(s):  
Tree Improvement ◽  
Improvement Program

Commercialization potential of somatic embryogenesis in black spruce tree improvement

1994 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 593-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. W. Adams ◽  
M. G. Doiron ◽  
Y. S. Park ◽  
J. M. Bonga ◽  
P. J. Charest
Keyword(s):  
Somatic Embryogenesis ◽  
Clonal Propagation ◽  
Black Spruce ◽  
Tree Improvement ◽  
Embryogenic Tissue ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Mature Embryos ◽  
Somatic Plants ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
Potential Tool

The somatic embryogenesis process was evaluated as a potential tool for operational vegetative propagation using individuals from families currently used in the J.D. Irving, Ltd. black spruce tree improvement program. Most families were responsive although the number of individuals within families capable of producing embryogenic tissue (ET) varied greatly (1–70%). Seventy-four percent of the ET clones produced mature embryos and most of these germinated. Greenhouse survival was initially low (11%) but improved in subsequent experiments to 45% as growing regimes were refined. Demonstration plantings of the resulting somatic plants were established at two sites in New Brunswick. A total of 206 clones were cryopreserved. The potential for integrating somatic embryogenesis techniques into tree improvement and stock production programs is discussed. Key words: tree improvement, somatic embryogenesis, clonal propagation, black spruce, biotechnology

scholarly journals The Success of Tree Breeding in the Southern US

BioResources ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve McKeand
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Pinus Taeda ◽  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Tree Breeding ◽  
Tree Improvement ◽  
State University ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
North Carolina State University ◽  
The North ◽  
Southern Us

Nowhere in the world have tree improvement and silviculture had a bigger impact on forest productivity and value to landowners than in the southern US. The economic impact from almost 60 years of tree improvement in the southern United States has been staggering. For example, over 300,000 hectares are planted each year with seedlings from the breeding efforts with loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) by members and staff of the North Carolina State University Cooperative Tree Improvement Program. The present value of continued genetic gains from traditional tree improvement efforts is estimated to be $2.5 billion USD to landowners and citizens in the southern US.

Sex Differences in Green Ash

1979 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 173-174
Author(s):  
John T. Talbert ◽  
Robert D. Heeren
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Tree Improvement ◽  
Fraxinus Pennsylvanica ◽  
Green Ash ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Sufficient Variation ◽  
Natural Stands ◽  
Male Superiority

Abstract A disproportionately large number of first-generation selections from natural stands of green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.) have been male. A study was undertaken to determine if male and female green ash differed in several important economic characteristics. Only straightness differences could be shown to be statistically significant, and, even for this trait, several opinions were needed to detect male superiority. Sufficient variation should exist in natural stands to allow inclusion of superior individuals of both sexes in a tree-improvement program.

Fifth-Year Performance of Progenies of Selected South African Slash and Loblolly Pine Clones

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
John F. Kraus ◽  
Earl R. Sluder
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Pinus Taeda ◽  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Tree Improvement ◽  
Slash Pine ◽  
The South ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Seed Orchards ◽  
Pinus Taeda L ◽  
Better Than

Abstract Control-pollinated polymix progenies of 9 slash pine (P. elliottii Engelm.) and 10 loblolly (Pinus taeda L.) pine from some of the best clones in a South African tree improvement program were tested in Georgia. Overall, the progenies of the South African selections in both species have done well after five years in the field. One of the slash pine and three of the loblolly pine families were better than open-pollinated progeny from established seed orchards.

Evaluating some financial uncertainties of tree improvement using the capital asset pricing model and dominance analysis

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 1380-1388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Capital Budgeting ◽  
Tree Improvement ◽  
Site Quality ◽  
Capital Asset Pricing ◽  
Financial Risks ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Rates Of Return ◽  
Asset Pricing Model ◽  
Forestry Investments ◽  
Uncertainty Level

Although uncertainty considerations are of prime importance in capital budgeting, forestry investments are often evaluated without comparing their uncertainty level with their rates of return. This paper examines some financial uncertainties of a west coast Douglas-fir tree improvement program. Biophysical uncertainties such as amount of genetic gain or uncertainty of site quality are determined by apriori assumption to be nonmarket; thus, use of expected value adjusts for these risks. The market uncertainties of tree improvement are found to be reasonable, vis-à-vis other investments as sensitivity analysis shows that the financial risks were small, or the measured β was low. This paper concludes that the tree improvement investment is worthwhile, considering its risk as well as return.

scholarly journals Controlled mass pollination in loblolly pine to increase genetic gains

1998 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. E. Bridgwater ◽  
D. L. Bramlett ◽  
T. D. Byram ◽  
W. J. Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Pinus Taeda ◽  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Tree Improvement ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Seed Orchards ◽  
Genetic Gains ◽  
Pinus Taeda L

Controlled mass pollination (CMP) is one way to increase genetic gains from traditional wind-pollinated seed orchards. Methodology is under development by several forestry companies in the southern USA. Costs of CMP depend on the efficient installation, pollination, and removal of inexpensive paper bags. Even in pilot-scale studies these costs seem reasonable. Net present values from CMP in a sample of sixty-seven loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seed orchards in the Western Gulf Forest Tree Improvement Program are conservatively expected to average $108 per acre of plantation established with seedlings from CMP among the best six parents in each of five breeding regions and $154 per acre for CMP among the best pair of parents in each breeding region. Key words: supplemental mass pollination, expected genetic gains, pollen contamination

scholarly journals Meta-Modelling to Quantify Yields of White Spruce and Hybrid Spruce Provenances in the Canadian Boreal Forest

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 609
Author(s):  
Suborna Ahmed ◽  
Valerie LeMay ◽  
Alvin Yanchuk ◽  
Andrew Robinson ◽  
Peter Marshall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Picea Glauca ◽  
Tree Improvement ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Mean Annual Temperature ◽  
Average Height ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Meta Data ◽  
Improvement Programs ◽  
Hybrid Spruce

Tree improvement programs can improve forest management by increasing timber yields in some areas, thereby facilitating conservation of other forest lands. In this study, we used a meta-analytic approach to quantify yields of alternative white (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) and hybrid spruce (Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelmann x Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) stocks across planting sites in the boreal and hemiboreal forests of Canada. We extracted meta-data from published tree improvement program results for five Canadian provinces covering 38 planting sites and 330 white and hybrid spruce provenances. Using these meta-data and a random-coefficients nonlinear mixed-effects modelling approach, we modelled average height over time trajectories for varying planting site characteristics, as well as climate transfer distances between planting sites and provenances. Climatic transfer distances had strong effects on the height trajectory parameters. In particular, the asymptote parameter had a nonlinear increasing trend with planting site versus provenance mean annual temperature differences. We incorporated the height trajectory meta-analysis model into an existing growth and yield model to predict volume yields. Overall, this research provides a mechanism to quantify yields of alternative provenances at a particular planting site, as a component of decision support models for evaluating evaluate forest management investment into improved planting stocks alternatives under current and possible future climates.

Frost-Hardy Eucalyptus Grow Well in the Southeast

1978 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Hunt ◽  
Bruce Zobel
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Cold Hardiness ◽  
Tree Improvement ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Seed Sources ◽  
Cold Sensitive ◽  
Future Potential ◽  
Southeastern Coastal Plain ◽  
Genus Eucalyptus

Abstract Most species of the genus Eucalyptus that possess rapid growth and good form characteristics are too cold-sensitive for use in the southeastern coastal plain. In recent tests, however, several species, sources, and individuals within sources have demonstrated cold-hardiness combined with good form and growth. Such hardy eucalypts have potential for production of large volumes of hardwood fiber on sites accessible to wet-weather logging. Trees in the oldest plantings have survived over 150 nights of temperatures below freezing. The largest of these trees were 50 to 60 feet tall and 8 to 12 inches d.b.h. at age 4.5 years. The growth, survival, selected wood qualities, and future potential of eucalypts are discussed, based primarily on plantings at Bainbridge, Georgia. Four species (E. viminalis, E. nova-anglica, E. macarthurii, and E. camphora) have been selected as the most promising of those tested. Although other species such as E. rubida, E. dalrympleana, and E. nitens have grown more slowly, they do have good cold-hardiness and deserve further testing. Screening of additional species and seed sources continues. The best trees of the most hardy sources are being used as a genetic base for a tree improvement program.

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