Resistance of white spruce to white pine weevil: Development of a resistance index

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 51-62

  Alfaro, Rene I ^a   He, Fangliang ^a   Kiss, G ^b   King, J ^b   Yanchuk, A ^b  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetics; Picea glauca; Pissodes strobi; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

WHITE PINE WEEVIL; WHITE SPRUCE;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; PICEA GLAUCA; PINACEAE; PISSODES STROBI;

EID: 0030466463     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(95)03664-4     Document Type: Article

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