Visser, Erik A.
Wegrzyn, Jill L.
Myburg, Alexander A.
Naidoo, Sanushka
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation (97892, 86936, 97911)
Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP) (96413)
Article History
Received: 3 January 2018
Accepted: 14 August 2018
First Online: 23 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Not applicable. Pine seedlings used in this study were sourced from Sappi and Mondi South African commercial breeding programmes. The seedlings were kindly provided by Dr. Nicky Jones, Sappi Shaw Research Centre and Dr. Kitt Payn, Mondi Forests, Trahar Technology Centre. No field permissions were necessary to collect the plant samples.
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