Domestication of Radiata Pine

By Alan Brown, Rowland Burdon, William Libby

Documents from the outset the domestication of an economically important plant speciesCovering the two main planks of domestication, namely management inputs and genetic improvement
The plant species being a forest tree is an especially distinctive feature
Contrasts the obscurity of the species in nature with its economic importance as a domesticated organism
Comprehensive coverage of a classic case history in the development of modern commercial forestry
Covers the interplay between the technical factors, political and technical institutions, and a range of other human factors
Addresses issues for the future in special depth

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331987926X
• ISBN13: 9783319879260
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"