Nursery selection of Picea abies clones and effects in field trials

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 12-20

  Hogberg, Karl Anders ^a   Karlsson, Bo ^a  

^a THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clones; Cuttings; Nursery selection; Selection gain

Indexed keywords

PLANT BREEDING; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0031930490     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827589809382957     Document Type: Article

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