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Title

DESTRUCTION OF CONIFER SEED AND METHODS OF PROTECTION

Authors

M. A. Radwan, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, United States Forest Service, Olympia, Washington

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 1970

ABSTRACT: Agents responsible for tosses of conifer seed and methods for seed protection are reviewed. Published information indicates that much seed is destroyed, especially by seed-eating rodents and birds. Improvement of existing protective methods and development of new chemical means are necessary to overcome the problem.