NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY COLD CLIMATE BREEDING©

T.P. West
Climate and soil conditions present a challenge in growing landscape plants in the northern Great Plains. Only a small percentage of woody plant genotypes may perform satisfactorily as a result of insufficient winter hardiness; pest susceptibility; and lack of resistance to drought, desiccating winds, and unfavorable soil conditions [e.g., alkaline (pH) and saline soils]. Historically, there has been a deficiency of adapted, winter hardy, pest resistant woody plants for shelter and landscape uses in the northern Great Plains. As a result of this deficiency, there is a need to breed, evaluate and introduce adapted woody plants to increase plant diversity for this region and avoid monoculture disasters in the future.
West, T.P. (2014). NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY COLD CLIMATE BREEDING©. Acta Hortic. 1055, 343-345
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2014.1055.71
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2014.1055.71
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Acta Horticulturae