Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Dec 1984
Early Selection for Wound Compartmentalization Potential in Woody Plants
Early Selection for Wound Compartmentalization Potential in Woody Plants
Page Range: 126 – 128
Young woody plants may be successfully screened for their genetically controlled potential to compartmentalize discolored and decayed wood associated with trunk wounds to small columns. To test woody plants for their compartmentalization potential, there should be a reasonable amount of xylem tissue, about 2 years' growth, interior to the experimentally inflicted wound and at least one full growing season should occur between the time of wounding and examination.
Keywords: green ash; red maple; red oak; landscape trees; sprouts
Copyright: Copyright, All Rights Reserved 1984
Contributor Notes
Research partially supported by a grant from the Horticultural Research Institute, Inc.
2Research Geneticist, U.S. National Arboretum.
Received: 14 Mar 1984