1970. Mack St. Clair is pollinating western white pine MGR (Major Gene Resistance) progeny siblings in the quest for homozygous MGR genotypes. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.

Mack St. Clair is pollinating western white pine MGR (Major Gene Resistance) progeny siblings in the quest for homozygous MGR genotypes. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.

 

Photo courtesy of: Jerry Barnes

Date: 1970

 

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, Umpqua National Forest, Dorena Genetic Resource Center.

Source: Gerald Barnes collection; courtesy Richard Sniezko, Cottage Grove, Oregon.

 

Dorena Genetic Resource Center (DGRC) is the USDA Forest Service's regional service center for genetics in the Pacific Northwest Region. Dorena houses disease resistance breeding programs for five-needled pines and Port-Orford-cedar, a native plant development program, and the National Tree Climbing Program.

 

To learn more about the early history of the DGRC, see: www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/landmanagement/resourcemanageme...

 

For additional photos of the DGRC program, see: www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/landmanagement/resourcemanageme...

 

Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth

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