Parental environment aftereffects on germination, growth, and adaptive traits in selected white spruce families

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 418-426

  Stoehr, Michael U ^a   L'Hirondelle, Sylvia J ^a   Binder, Wolfgang D ^a   Webber, Joe E ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FROST EFFECTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREENHOUSES; ORCHARDS; SEED;

CONIFER SEED; FROST HARDINESS; GENOTYPES; GERMINATION; POLLINATIONS; WHITE SPRUCE PROGENY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADAPTIVE TRAIT; GERMINATION; GROWTH; SEED ORCHARD; TREE BREEDING;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0032030405     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-012     Document Type: Article

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