Tim White

Publications

updated : July, 2006

 

Books, Co-Author

White, TL, WT Adams and DB Neale. Forest Genetics.  CAB International, Oxford, UK.   In process

White, TL and GR Hodge. 1989. Predicting Breeding Values: With Applications in Forest Tree Improvement. Kluwer Academic Pub, Boston, MA, 388pp.

Books, Contributor of Chapters (last 5 years)

White, TL. 2004. Breeding theory and genetic testing. Pages 1551-1561. In: Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences. J Burley, J Evans and JA Youngquist (eds.). Elsevier Ltd, Pub. Oxford, UK.  Vol. 4.

White, TL and TD Byram. 2004. Slash pine tree improvement. Pages 7-19. In: Slash pine: Still growing and growing! Proceedings of the Slash Pine Symposium, Jekyll Island, GA, April 23-25, 2002. ED Dickens, JP Barnett, WG Hubbard and EJ Jokela (eds). USDA Gen Tech Rep SRS-76.  Asheville, NC: US Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

White, TL and M Carson. 2004. Breeding programs of conifers. Pages 61-85. In: Plantation Forest Biotechnology for the 21^st Century. C Walter and MJ Carson (eds.). Research Signpost, Kerala, India.

White, TL. 2002. Forest Genetics. Pages 423-426. In: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 9^th edition, vol. 7.  New York:McGraw-Hill.

Refereed Publications (last 5 years)

Perez Medina, A, TL White, DA Huber, TA Martin. 2006. Graft survival and promotion of female and male strobili by topgrafting in a third-cycle slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. elliottii) breeding program. CJFR submitted

Baltunis, BS, DA Huber, TL White, B Goldfarb and HE Stelzer. Genetic analysis of early field growth of loblolly pine clones and seedlings from the same full-sib families. CJFR submitted

Cole, DM, TL White and PKR Nair. 2006. Maintaining genetic resources of peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth): The role of seed migration and swidden-fallow management in northeastern Peru. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution  published online 19 May 2006.

Emhart, V, TA Martin, TL White and DA Huber. 2006. Genetic variation in basal area increment phenology and its correlation with growth rate in loblolly and slash pine families and clones. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36:961-971.

 

Gezan, SA, TL White and DA Huber. 2006. Comparison of experimental designs for clonal forestry using simulated data. Forest Science 52(1):108-116.

Baltunis, BS, DA Huber, TL White, B Goldfarb and HE Stelzer. 2005. Genetic effects of rooting loblolly pine stem cuttings from a partial diallel mating design.  Canadian Journal of Forest Research  35:1098-1108.

Byram, TD, TJ Mullin, TL White and JP van Buijtenen. 2005. The future of tree improvement in the southeastern United States: Alternative visions for the next decade.  South. J. Appl. For.  29(2):88-95.

Kayihan, GC, DA Huber, AM Morse, TL White and JM Davis. 2005. Genetic dissection of fusiform rust and pitch canker disease traits in loblolly pine. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 110:948-958.

Lu, P and TL White. 2004. Determining test and block numbers in consideration of progeny testing quality and cost: An example of half-sib families with RCB design and single-tree plots. Forest Genetics 11(1):29-44.

McGarvey, RC, TA Martin and TL White. 2004. Integrating within-crown variation in net photosynthesis in loblolly and slash pine families. Tree Physiology 24:1209-1220.

Vergara, R, TL White, DA Huber, BD Shiver and DL Rockwood. 2004. Estimated realized gains for first-generation slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. elliottii) tree improvement in the southeastern United States. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34:2587-2600.

McKeand, S, T Mullin, T Byram and T White. 2003. Deployment of genetically improved loblolly and slash pines in the South. Journal of Forestry 101:32-37.

Osorio, LF, TL White and DA Huber. 2003. Age-age and trait-trait correlations for Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maiden and their implications for optimal selection age and design of clonal trials. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 106:735-743.

Rodriguez-Trejo, DA, ML Duryea, TL White, JR English and J McGuire. 2003. Artificially regenerating longleaf pine in canopy gaps: Initial survival and growth during a year of drought. For Ecol & Mgmt 180:25-36.

Sierra-Lucero, V, DA Huber, SE McKeand, TL White and DL Rockwood. 2003. Genotype-by-environment interaction and deployment considerations for families from Florida provenances of loblolly pine. Forest Genetics 10(2):85-92.

Xiao, Y, EJ Jokela and TL White. 2003. Growth and leaf nutrient responses of loblolly and slash pine families to intensive silvicultural management. For Ecol and Mgmt. 183:281-295.

Xiao, Y, EJ Jokela, and TL White. 2003. Species differences in crown structure and growth performance of juvenile loblolly and slash pine. For Ecol and Mgmt. 174:295-313.

Atwood, RA, TL White and DA Huber. 2002. Genetic parameters and gains for growth and wood properties in Florida source loblolly pine in the southeastern United States. Can J For Res 32:1025-1038.

Marcó, M and TL White. 2002. Genetic parameter estimates and genetic gains for Eucalyptus grandis and E. dunnii in Argentina. Forest Genetics 9:205-215.

Rodriguez-Trejo, DA, ML Duryea and TL White. 2002. Fertilización nitrogenada y concentración de carbohidratos en plántulas de Pinus palustris Mill. producidas a raíz desnuda (Nitrogen fertilization and carbohydrate concentration of bare-root produced Pinus palustris Mill. seedlings).  Agrociencia 36:683-691.

Sanhueza, RP, TL White, DA Huber and AR Griffin. 2002. Genetic parameters estimates, selection indices and predicted genetic gains from selection of Eucalyptus globulus in Chile. Forest Genetics 9:19-29.

Sierra-Lucero, V, SE McKeand, DA Huber, DL Rockwood and TL White. 2002. Performance differences and genetic parameters for four coastal provenances of loblolly pine in the southeastern United States. Forest Science 48:732-742.

Lu, P, DA Huber and TL White. 2001. Comparison of multivariate and univariate methods for the estimation of type B genetic correlations. Silvae Genetica 50:13-22.

Martin, TA, KH Johnsen and TL White. 2001. Ideotype development in southern pines: Rationale and strategies for overcoming scale-related obstacles. Forest Science 47:21-28.

Osorio, LF, TL White and DA Huber. 2001. Age trends of heritabilities and genotype-by-environment interactions for growth traits and wood density from clonal trials of Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maiden. Silvae Genetica 50(3-4):108-117.

Rockwood, DL, DA Huber and TL White. 2001. Provenance and family variability in slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. elliottii Engelm.) grown in southern Brazil and northeastern Argentina. New Forests 21:115-125.

White, TL. 2001. Breeding strategies for forest trees: Concepts and challenges. Southern African Forestry Journal 190:31-42.