2016. Whitebark pine seedlings sowed in 2014. Blister rust resistance trial inoculated in Sept 2015. Whitebark pine shows higher levels of survival (resistance) than many other native white pine species in inoculation trials at DGRC, Cottage Grove, OR.

Whitebark pine seedlings sowed in 2014. Blister rust resistance trial inoculated in Sept 2015. Whitebark pine shows higher levels of survival (resistance) than many other native white pine species in inoculation trials at DGRC. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.

 

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Each parent tree is rated for resistance based on its progeny, then seed collections from those parents rated resistance can be used for restoration.

Contact richard.sniezko@usda.gov for more information.

 

Photo by: Richard Sniezko

Date: May 26, 2016

 

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

Source: Richard Sniezko collection; Cottage Grove, Oregon.

 

For more about the Dorena Genetic Resource Center 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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