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document Historic, archived Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. 24th Biennial Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference Orlando, Florida, USA • June 9-12, 1997 PROCEEDINGS Sponsored by The Southern Forest Tree Improvement Committee Hosted by UNIVERSITY OF HP FLORIDA InstituteofFoodandAgriculturalServices School of Forest Resources and Conservation Proceedings ofthe 24th Biennial Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference Compiled by Tim White, Dudley Huber and Greg Powell The papers in this proceedings have been published as submitted by the authors, in camera ready form. Responsibility for the technical content remains with the respective authors. Copies ofthis publication can be obtained from: National Technical Information Services U.S. Department ofCommerce 5285 Port Royal Road VA Springfield, 22161 Phone: (703) 487-4650 Publication OrderNumber: PB 97-186217 24th Biennial Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference Orlando, Florida, USA • June 9-12, 1997 PROCEEDINGS Sponsored Publication No. 46 ofthe Southern Forest Tree ImprovementCommittee ii Foreword TheUniversityofFlorida, School ofForestResourcesand Conservation wasproudto sponsor the24thBiennial SouthernForestTree ImprovementConference(SFTIC),theNorthAmerican Quantitative Forest Genetics Group (NAQFGG) and the Technical Association ofPulp and PaperIndustries (TAPPI) meetings. These meetings took place June 9-12, 1997 in Orlando, Florida at the Holiday Inn International Drive Resort. There were a total of 8 presentations at NAQFGG, 3 presentations at TAPPI and 52 presentations: 1 invitedand42 voluntary, atthe SFTIC conference. The conference had 200 registered attendees. Forty two were international participants from eighteen different countries. The employmentmakeup was approximately one third from private industry, one third from state or federal government and one third from universities. Three awards were presented atthe SFTIC conference. The Tony Squillace Award, given for the best oral presentation based oncontent, style anduse ofvisual aids, was awarded to Scott Merkle for his presentation Development ofTransgenic Yellow Poplarfor Remediation of Mercury Pollution. Congratulations to Scott Merkle for an outstanding presentation. The Bruce Zobel Award, given in recognition of the best oral presentation by a student, was awarded to Xin-Yu Li for his presentation Somatic Embyogenesis in Loblolly Pine. Congratulations to Xin-Yu Li. In addition to the paper presentations, 22 posters were exhibited during the conference. The Belle Baruch Foundation Award, given for best poster, was awarded to H.V. Amerson and A.P. Jordan for their poster entitled: Genetic Basis of Fusiform Rust Disease Resistance in Loblolly Pine. Congratulations to H.V. Amerson and A.P. Jordan. This year forthe firsttime participants contributing voluntary papers to the SFTIC conference were given the option ofsubmitting a full, ten page manuscript with citations and data or an extended abstract with citations (up to three pages). Ofthe 42 voluntary papers, 17 chose to submit an extended abstract. Extra copies ofthis proceedings can be ordered by writing or callingtheNationalTechnicalInformationServices,U.S. DepartmentofCommerce, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, Tel #703-487-4650. Ask for publication # PB 97- 186217. The 24th Biennial Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference committee would like to thank all participants, speakers, and moderators for their contribution to a successful conference. 24th SFTIC Conference Committee: John Davis Bailian Li Bob Schmidt Kim Gilmore GregPowell Steve Wann DudleyHuber Don Rockwood Tim White iii iv 24th Biennial Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference Table of Contents Invited Presentations Theme: Fast-Growing Exotic Forest Trees Kellison, R.C. - Production Forestry into the 21st Century: A World View (KEYNOTE) 3 Balocchi, C.E. - Radiata Pine as an Exotic Species 11 Bridgwater, F.E., R.D. Barnes, and T.L. White - Loblolly and Slash Pines as Exotics 18 Dieters, M.J. and D.G. Nikles - The Genetic Improvement ofCaribbean Pine {Pinus caribaea Morelet), Building on a Firm Foundation 33 Dvorak, W.S. - The Improvement and Breeding ofPinuspatula 53 Matheson, A.C. and C.E. Harwood - Breeding Tropical Australian Acacias 69 Tibbits, W.N., D.B. Boomsma and S. Jarvis - Distribution, Biology, Genetics, and Improvement Programs for Eucalyptusglobulus and Eucalyptus nitens Around the World 81 A Wright, J.A. - Review ofthe Worldwide Activities in Tree Improvement for Eucalyptus grandis, Eucalyptus urophlla and the Hybrid Urograndis 96 v Contributed Presentations: Full papers Ahuja, M.R. and M. Fladung - Expression and Stability ofTransgenes in Aspen - Populus 105 Baez, M.N. and T.L. White - Breeding Strategy forthe First-Generation ofPinus taeda in the Northeast Region ofArgentina 110 Barber, L.R., G.L. DeBarr and D.T. Barrett - White Pine Cone Beetle Population Trends inNorth Carolina and Tennessee Seed Orchards 1986 - 1997 118 Barnett, J.P. - Improving the Quality ofLongleafPine Seeds from Orchards 124 Belonger P., S.E. McKeand and J.B. Jett - Wood Density Assessment ofDiverse Families ofLoblolly Pine Using X-Ray Densitometry 133 Blada, I. - Diallel Cross in Pinus cembra: The Nursery Test at Age Six 143 DeBarr, G.L. and L.R. Barber - Protection ofIndividual Trees in Pine Seed Orchards from Attacks by Cone and Seed Insects 162 Ericsson, T. - Lodgepole Pine from FarNorthern Canada Performs Well in a Milder Swedish Environment 169 Jayawickrama, K.J.S., C.J.A. Shelbourne, M.J. Carson and P.A. Jefferson - The Long-Internode Breed ofRadiata Pine - A Case Study ofBreed Differentiation 177 Jett, J.B., M. Williford, S.E. McKeand and M. Powell - Timing ofNitrogen Applications in a Loblolly Pine Seed Orchard 187 Kim, M.K., H.E. Sommer, J.F.D. Dean and S.A. Merkle - Plant Regeneration from Sweetgum {Liquidambar styraciflua) Nodule Cultures and Genetic Transformation by Microprojectile Bombardment 192 Kubisiak, T.L., CD. Nelson and M. Stine - RAPD Mapping ofGenomic Regions Influencing Early Height Growth in LongleafPine X Slash Pine ¥ Hybrids ... 198 l Lambeth, C.C., W.S. Dvorak and C.H. Young - Fusiform Rust Resistance of Central American and Mexican Pine Species Compared with Loblolly and Slash Pines 207 vi