The Japanese tried to breed a resistant hybrid pine by crossing masson pine with Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii). But the cultivar's ability to withstand wind and its resistance to disease were both very poor, seemingly only going to show that humans cannot get the better of nature.
日本曾經進行馬尾松、黑松配對，產出新樹種「和華松」，但抗風、抗病均孱弱不堪，彷彿只在證實人類無法戰勝自然。