April, 2008
Source:
Plant Breeding News
An Electronic
Newsletter of Applied Plant Breeding
Clair H. Hershey, Editor
Sponsored by
FAO/AGPC and Cornell University,
Dept. of Plant Breeding and Genetics
Seed orchards: Proceedings from
a conference at Umeå, Sweden
September 26-28, 2007
Editor: Dag Lindgren
Proceedings from a conference on forest seed orchards is
available at:
http://www-genfys.slu.se/staff/dagl/Umea07/ZProcFinalFeb08.pdf
The main purpose of forest seed orchards is mass-propagation of
seeds for the nurseries supplying plants for forest plantations.
Some forest trees are among the most important planted crops and
are subject to plant breeding.
Contributed by Dag
Lindgren |
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