Genetic parameters for spiral grain two 18-year-old progeny trials with Sitka spruce in Denmark

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 920-931

  Hansen, Jen Kehlet ^a   Roulund, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; WOOD;

GENETIC CORRELATION; HERITABILITY; SPIRAL GRAIN;

FORESTRY;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0032101495     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-058     Document Type: Article

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