The New Brunswick Tree Improvement Council is 20 years old

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 572-577

  Simpson, Dale ^a   Tosh, Kathleen ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Kingsclear Provincial Forest Nursery ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Jack pine; Seed production; Tamarack; Tree improvement; White spruce

Indexed keywords

LARIX; LARIX LARICINA; PARAGNETINA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 0031452833     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc73572-5     Document Type: Review

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