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Tissue Culture of Eastern North American Conifers

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Cell and Tissue Culture in Forestry

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The forests of eastern North America (defined in this chapter as eastern Canada, and the United States east of the Mississippi River) account for a significant part of the total forest resource of the continent. Approximately 60% out of the total one billion acres of commercial forest land lies in the eastern part of North America. Coniferous or softwood species account for about 80% of the total volume of sawtimber in the region. This amounts to about 20% and 37% of the total softwood sawtimber of the United States and Canada respectively.

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    Don J. Durzan

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Mehra-Palta, A., Thompson, D.G. (1987). Tissue Culture of Eastern North American Conifers. In: Bonga, J.M., Durzan, D.J. (eds) Cell and Tissue Culture in Forestry. Forestry Sciences, vol 24-26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0992-7_5

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