Because most Taiwan red pines grow in natural forests, they have a high degree of genetic diversity, and researchers are optimistic that "a small number of disease-re-sistant genes should emerge," as Chang Ruey-jang puts it.
台灣二葉松大都是天然林，基因歧異度很高，學界樂觀評估，「應該會有少數抗病基因出現」，張瑞璋認為。