significane and scope of forest genetics?

Answer 1

Where was that idiot who was griping about "This isn't a mf english class!" I'd let him interpret this one.

If I'm catching the drift, it is something like what is the significance and scope of forest genetics? Assuming such, I'll also assume you had the botanical interests in mind. In much of southern California, the forests are a tenderbox awaiting a catastrophic fire to contribute to. Heat stress has killed or injured a lot of trees. The injured trees are helped on their way to their demise by opportunistic bugs. So there is a lot of dead or dying wood in the forests. A study of forest genetics would allow the possible identification of the hardier trees for possible replication in replacement, as well as spotting the successor trees. Trees often run in cylces. You might see stands of aspen scattered among spruces, where some died out (fire, usually, or pests) and the other took the place for a time. There usually is a mix of trees in many American forests and each of the trees has their advantageous traits. Forest genetics would then be employed to map out the strengths and weaknesses of this forest or that for the types of hazards they may face. In part of Missouri, we have hardwood forests that might not be suceptible to a gypsy moth invasion, for instance, but other forests that might. The US Forest Service already employs such 'Know thy forest' strategies. Rather than worry about everybody when one kind of hazard or another comes along, they worry about those pertinent to particular forests and forest zones. Forest genetics can be significant there.

But it is also significan for companies like Weyerhauser that have enormous acreages of commercial forests. A certain type of lumber is failing or is burning too swiftly? We has stands of that type of tree here, there, and the other place. We will market that wood for some uses and not for others. They too need to 'Know thy forest', especially since they clone trees by the millions and might be counting on features that could cause problems.

Answer 2

Tons of them. How about growing some trees faster for paper use. Making trees easy to pulp for paper use. This will save other forests.

Answer 3

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