Northern Research Station

Title: Ray tissues as an indirect measure of relative sap-sugar concentration in sugar maple

Author: Garrett, Peter W.; Dudzik, Kenneth R.

Date: 1989

Source: Res. Pap. NE-626. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p.

Station ID: RP-NE-626

Description: Attempts to correlate ray tissue as a percentage of total wood volume with sap-sugar concentrations of sugar maple progenies were unsuccessful. These results raise doubts about our ability to use a relatively constant value such as ray-tissue volume in a selection program designed to increase the sap-sugar concentration of sugar maple seedlings.

Keywords: sugar maple, sap sugar, ray tissue, tree improvement

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Garrett, Peter W.; Dudzik, Kenneth R.  1989.  Ray tissues as an indirect measure of relative sap-sugar concentration in sugar maple.   Res. Pap. NE-626. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p..