General and specific combining ability from disconnected partial diallels of coastal Douglas-fir

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-45

  Yanchuk, A D ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

diallels; Douglas fir; general combining ability; genetic gain; Pseudotsuga menziesii; specific combining ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029831611     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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