Spring and fall cold hardiness in wild and selected seed sources of coastal Douglas-fir

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-34

  Stevenson, J F ^a   Hawkins, B J ^a   Woods, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial freezing; Cold hardiness; Mitotic index; Phenology; Tree improvement

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0033056874     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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