| variation in cone and seed characteristics in a clonal seed orchard of anatolian black pine [pinus nigra arnold subsp. pallasiana (lamb.) holmboe]. | cone and seed characteristics of anatolian black pine were investigated in a clonal seed orchard for two years, 2002 and 2006. the orchard, originated from kastamonu-karadere seed stand was established in 1993 by using 1 year-old grafts in an area of 13 ha, at hanönü-günlüburun, northern turkey and includes 30 clones. the results showed that, significant variation exists among clones for 14 of cone and seed traits for 2006. the clones had cone wet weight in range of 16.92 to 38.51 g, whereas thi ... | 2010 | 20648822 |