Based on a model developed for hardwood fiber strength-pulp property relationships, multiple-regression equations involving fiber strength, fiber length, and sheet density were determined to predict the properties of kraft pulps of slash pine (Pinus elliottii) . Regressions for breaking length and burst factor accounted for 88 and 90 percent, respectively, of total variation in these properties...

Net photosynthesis was measured under field conditions in 23-year-old slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm. var. elliottii) trees to determine how it was affected by fertilization and climate. There was only a small decrease in rates of net photosynthesis from late summer through winter demonstrating that appreciable carbon gain occurs throughout the year in slash pine. Although fertilization sub...

Slush pine was grown in central Louisiana unrler,f?)ur levels c!f'culture with or without repeatc~d spmyings of the .sy.vten~ic ,fungicide triadimefhn , f i r protection against ,fusifi)rm rust. The eight treatment cornbinations were: ( I ) no,fungicide, weed control, or,fertilizer; ( 2 ) weeded; ( 3 ) weeded, applied irzorganic ,firtilizer, and bedded b<fi)replcrrlting; ( 4 ) weeded, bedded, a...

Scans of slash pine wood chips infested with pine wood nematodes showed coiled aggregates of 5-10 nematodes in the axial resin canals, and 1-2 nematodes folded in the radial resin canals. Observations of the pine wood nematode by SEM showed the head to be offset with six labial lohes. A smaller circle nf six inner lobes surrounded the stonta. A single lahial sensillmn was observed on each of th...

Anchored reference loci provide a framework for comparative mapping. They are landmarks to denote conserved chromosomal segments, allowing the synthesis of genetic maps from multiple sources. We evaluated 90 expressed sequence tag polymorphisms (ESTPs) from loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) for this function. Primer sets were assayed for amplification and polymorphism in six pedigrees, representin...

hybridization is normally prevented by different flowering times in the two species, but under certain climatic/weather conditions hybridization may occur (Dorman and Barber 1956), and natural hybrids of shortleaf pine and loblolly pine have been reported (Zobel 1953, Hare and Switzer 1969, Edwards-Burke et al. 1997 and Stewart et al. 2010). The questions are where, when, and why do they hybrid...