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Tissue Culture of Douglas-Fir and Western North American Conifers

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Cell and Tissue Culture in Forestry

Part of the book series: Forestry Sciences ((FOSC,volume 24-26))

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Forests of the West Coast of North America contain a large share of the high value saw timber of the continent. In 1972, the total value of timber products harvested from the Pacific Coast region alone was about $3.0 billion; it followed at $2.1 billion in the Southern region, while the total for the U.S.A. was $6.3 billion (7). The projected soft wood supply from the Pacific Coast has dropped from 25.2 billion feet in 1976 to 19.6 billion board feet by 2030 (7). The main cause for this decline was suggested to be the exhaustion of the old growth on forest industry lands, which cannot be offset by harvests from second-growth stands for several decades. A reversal of this trend should be attainable by improved cultural practices, tree breeding and biotechnology applications (33).

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    Don J. Durzan

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Aboel-Nil, M.M. (1987). Tissue Culture of Douglas-Fir and Western 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_6

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