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Forest-tree genetics research:Quercus L.

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Oaks are the sources, not only of the most valuable timber among broad- leaved trees of the northern hemisphere, but also of cork, tannin, a dye, and food for man and beast. Their prolonged pre-flowering periods and other factors have discouraged genetic investigation of them, but what little is known in that direction is here summarized.

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Irgens-Moller, H. Forest-tree genetics research:Quercus L.. Econ Bot 9, 53–71 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984960

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