Stavast
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The hybrid elm tree Stavast was raised at Wageningen in the Netherlands as clone no. 622. Although resistant to Dutch elm disease, it was not commercially released in its own right but retained as a rootstock for grafting as its dense root system quickly endowed young trees with a considerable stability (the name Stavast is Dutch for "a resolute man"). A number of Stavast trees were exported to New Zealand for use in trials at the Hortresearch station at Palmerston North in the 1990s.
[edit] References
- Heybroek, H. M. (1993). The Dutch Elm Breeding Program. In Sticklen & Sherald (Eds.) (1993). Dutch Elm Disease Research, Chapter 3. Springer Verlag, New York, USA.
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