@article{Sedjo:10862,
      recid = {10862},
      author = {Sedjo, Roger A.},
      title = {Biotechnology and Planted Forests: Assessment of Potential  and Possibilities},
      address = {1999},
      number = {1318-2016-103338},
      series = {Discussion Paper 00-06},
      pages = {27},
      year = {1999},
      abstract = {This paper addresses the potential impact of the  introduction and development of biotechnology on planted  forests. It includes a description of some recent  innovations in forestry including the use of traditional  breeding, and also more recent innovations involving  biotechnology, including the development of clonal  propagation and the use of modern molecular biology  techniques. In addition to describing these innovations,  the paper undertakes an assessment of their probable impact  on future production of the forest industry, on the global  timber supply, and on future markets for timber and wood  products. The paper offers a description of recent  innovations in tree breeding and biotechnology, including a  discussion of innovations in agriculture that have promise  for forestry. This is followed by a discussion of the  current role of biotechnology in forestry and an assessment  of the various types of biotechnological innovations that  could be forthcoming in the next decade and beyond.  Additionally, the paper examines the likely effects of  biotechnology on the economics of forestry. An estimate is  provided for the potential cost savings and/or value  increases expected from the various innovations. Using  these estimates, a quantitative assessment is made of  global potential economic returns to the most immediate and  major innovation, the herbicide tolerant trait.  Additionally, estimates are made of the potential impact of  cost savings realized from this type of biotechnology on  future timber supplies in the global timber market.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/10862},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.10862},
}