Elite populations for conifer breeding and gene conservation

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 453-461

  Williams, Claire G ^a   Hamrick, J L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFER BREEDING; ELITE POPULATION; GENE CONSERVATION;

EID: 0029668338     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x26-051     Document Type: Article

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