Two-stage selection strategies in tree breeding considering gain, diversity, time and cost

Forest Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-157

  Danusevicius, Darius ^a,b   Lindgren, Dag ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (Lithuania)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Group merit; Long term breeding; Norway spruce; Optimisation; Stage wise selection

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0037001435     PISSN: 1335048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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