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In south-west France, one million hectares of Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aït.) produce nearly a quarter of French marketed timber, but the production is hampered by heavy stem straightness defects (Arbez, 1979). Damage by windthrow regularly causes important economic losses to stands growing in the poor sandy podzol of the Landes Forest, affected by summer droughts and winter floods. An advanced breeding program was started in 1960, aiming at providing improved seed material. Trees have been selected for height growth and stem straightness by plus tree selection followed by two cycles of recurrent selection (Danjon, 1995). Such an improved population has been available commercially since 1985, and its performances need to be tested. The breeding level ‘G1’ is the result of one cycle plus trees selection plus one cycle recurrent selection at age 10 years (Durel, 1992).
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Danjon, F., Pot, D., Raffin, A., Courdier, F. (2000). Genetics of root architecture in 1-year-old Pinus pinaster measured with the WinRHIZO image analysis system: preliminary results. In: Stokes, A. (eds) The Supporting Roots of Trees and Woody Plants: Form, Function and Physiology. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 87. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3469-1_7
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