Developmental factors responsible for heterosis in aspen hybrids (Populus tremuloides x P. tremula)

Tree Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-36

  Li, Bailian ^a   Howe, Glenn T ^b   Wu, Rongling ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bud set; Dominance; Growth; Heritability; Interspecific cross; Intraspecific cross; Overdominance

Indexed keywords

POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0031914503     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/18.1.29     Document Type: Article

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