Genetic variation of wood properties in balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera L.)

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 119-124

  Ivkovich, M ^a,b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

canonical variate analysis; coefficients of genetic prediction; genetic correlation; heritability; Populus balsamifera; provenance test; wood properties

Indexed keywords

POPULUS BALSAMIFERA;

EID: 0029800232     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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