Wire Girdles Increase Male Flower Production on Young Loblolly Pine Grafts
Wire girdles applied near the branch base of 4-year-old loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) grafts increased by fourfold the yield of male flower clusters over an equal number of ungirdled branches. Wire girdling is now being used as a routine operation to increase pollen production for accelerated breeding in industrial breeding orchards. Tree Planters' Notes 38(3):33-35; 1987.
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Author(s): Gordon White, J. A. Wright
Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volumes 38, Number 3 (1987)
Section: General
Volume: 38
Number: 3
