Spiral grain in a clonal trial with Sitka spruce

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 911-919

  Hansen, Jon Kehlet ^a   Roulund, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAL VARIATION; CLONE; GENETIC GAIN; GRAIN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT HEIGHT; SPIRAL GRAIN;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0031741095     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-057     Document Type: Article

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