Crop of western white pine seedlings (IMAGE)

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Crop of western white pine seedlings

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Kasten Dumroese, a research plant physiologist at the Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station in Idaho, stands in a crop of western white pine seedlings. These seedlings, the result of traditional tree breeding for enhanced resistance to white pine blister rust, are growing at the University of Idaho’s Pitkin Nursery.

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Photo by USDA Forest Service/Anthony Vaudo

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