Advances in the genetic improvement of forest species in Latin America: a review

Forest genetic improvement is employed to increase the productivity of commercial forest plantations and involves four main stages: selection of superior trees, provenance/progeny trials, cloning of high-value genotypes, and the establishment of asexual seed orchards for the production of high-genetic-value germplasm. The objective of this review was to compile and synthesize literature on the genetic improvement of forest species in Latin America. The countries with the most significant advance