Aspen Bibliography
Document Type
Report
Volume
Interim Progress Report
Publisher
Lake States Aspen Genetics and Tree Improvement Project
Publication Date
1957
Abstract
Swedish experience with the genetic improvement of the European aspen (Populus tremula L.), a species which is closely kin to our North American quaking aspen (P. tremuloides Michx.), suggests that the rate of volume increment and the length of fiber tracheids might both be increased in North American aspen by finding or producing trees which possess a triple set, rather than the usual double set, of "chromosomes". Chromosomes (Figure 1) are found within and inner region--the nucleus--of each of the millions of cells formed during the growth of a tree.
Recommended Citation
Joranson, PN, Einspahr, DW and van Buijtenen, JP. 1957. A Field Guide to Aid in Recognition of Natural Triploid Aspen. Interim Progress Report. Lake States Aspen Genetics and Tree Improvement Project.
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