Improving the timber quality of Sitka spruce through selection and breeding

Forestry

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-133

  Lee, S J ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC GAIN; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; PLANT BREEDING; WOOD;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0032963681     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/72.2.123     Document Type: Article

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