FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES INFORMATION NO. 13

FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES
information No. 13

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Note from the Editor

The application of genetic concepts to native forest species in Brazil (P. Y. Kageyama and I. de Souza Dias)

Proposed meeting: IUFRO Casuarina working group

New Newsletter

Availability of seed of arid zone species for research purposes

International trials of dry zone hardwood species (C.E. Hughes)

Acacia aneura seed collections for international provenance trials (S.J. Midgley and B.V. Gunn)

Acacia albida Del. - A multipurpose tree for arid and semi-arid zones (E.G. Bonkoungou)

Planned international trials of Liquidambar styraciflua L.

Availability of seed of Central American Pines for ex situ conservation stands, provenance resource stands, breeding populations and provenance testing (G.L. Gibson and R.D. Barnes).

Publications on Australian Acacias and other species

Seed procurement and distribution by the DANIDA Forest Seed Centre (B. Ditlevsen)