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Economic Analysis of the Use of Tissue Culture for Rapid Forest Improvement

Author(s) -

Sadiq Hasnain,

Ralph P. Overend,

René Pigeon

Publication year - 1986

Publication title -

the forestry chronicle

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 1499-9315

pISSN - 0015-7546

DOI - 10.5558/tfc62240-4

Subject(s) - tissue culture , stock (firearms) , sowing , production (economics) , genetic gain , production cost , biology , forestry , microbiology and biotechnology , horticulture , economics , engineering , genetic variation , geography , microeconomics , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , in vitro , gene

The economic feasibility of the use of tissue culture in forestry for planting stock production depends on two main conditions. One is the ability to produce sufficient genetic gain in a breeding program through controlled crosses, while the other depends on the utilization of the genetic gain (i.e. increased growth rate) to reduce rotation age. The cost of tissue culture plantlets will be relatively high, but will be more than compensated by the savings realized due to a shorter growth period.

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