THE AUTHORS 



RICHARD T. BINGHAM is leader of the Moscow, Idaho, 

 Forestry Sciences Laboratory Research Unit study- 

 ing Resistance to Blister Rust in Western White 

 Pine. He is Acting Leader of another of the Inter - 

 mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station's 

 Research Units — Breeding Conifers for the North- 

 ern Rocky Mountains — that is also headquartered at 

 Moscow. He has had broad experience in the pa- 

 thology, silviculture, and genetics of western white 

 pine; also, he is author of numerous publications on 

 the genetics of blister rust resistance, and on the 

 genetics of western white pine. 



GERALD E. REHFELDT, presently a Plant Geneticist 

 for the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment 

 Station, Moscow, Idaho, obtained his B.S. degree 

 in Forestry from Utah State University in 1963 and 

 his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wiscon- 

 sin in 1965 and 1967, respectively. His first 

 assignment was at Moscow, Idaho, in 1967 and 

 dealt with breeding of conifers for the Northern 

 Rocky Mountains. 



