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Breeding southern US and Mexican pines for increased value in a changing world

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to all of the attendees and presenters that participated in the Conference. We also would like to thank invited speakers Tim White, Luis Apiolaza, Claudio Balocchi, John Davis, Danilo Fernando, Fikret Isik, Arnulf Kanzler, Steve McNulty, Dana Nelson, Jerry Pullman, and Laurie Schimleck. Thanks also to the Scientific Committee (Tom Byram, Barb Crane, Steve McKeand, Randy Johnson and Greg Powell), and the sponsors and patrons who provided financial support (Camcore, North Carolina State University—Industry Tree Improvement Program, USDA Forest Service, Arauco—Bioforest, Klabin, ArborGen, Masisa, Empresas CMPC, Sappi, Weyerhaeuser, Smurfit-Kappa Cartón de Colombia, Terranova, Rayonier, FEOP—NCSU, and the Cooperative Forest Genetics Research Program, University of Florida).

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Hodge, G.R., Dvorak, W.S. Breeding southern US and Mexican pines for increased value in a changing world. New Forests 45, 295–300 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-014-9426-8

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