Native trees
Sir, —Your article of November 15, "Native trees key to solving fungal disease problems?” conveyed an incorrect impression of the amount of research done involving native tree species. At the School of Forestry we are conducting research into the genetic variability of the native trees and such physiological attributes as frost tolerance, and nutrient, temperature and light requirements. Ecological studies are also investigating seed production, seedling recruitment and stand dynamics. The Forest Research Institute, Rotorua, has been researching the silviculture and genetics of New Zealand’s trees for some 20 years; and there are scientists studying native forests at other universities, the Forest Research Centre, Christchurch, and the D.S.I.R. While I do not dispute Dr Bellamy’s concept of the value of large reserves of indigenous forest, it is quite incorrect to convey that we are ignorant of the physiology, genetics or ecology of our native tree species. —
Yours, etc., BARBARA J. HAWKINS, Ph.D. student, School of Forestry. November 24, 1988.
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