Willows: An underestimated resource for environment and society

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 281-285

  Verwijst, T ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breeding strategy; Clones; Coppice; Implementation; International Poplar Commission; Pathogens; Phytoremediation; Salix; Willow

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FORESTRY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GROWTH;

CULTIVATION; FOREST RESOURCE;

POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; SALICACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 0034961335     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc77281-2     Document Type: Review

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