Quantitative genetic structure of stem form and branching traits in Douglas-fir seedlings and implications for early selection

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-44

  Vargas Hernandez, J J ^a,b   Adams, W T ^a   Joyce, D G ^a,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forking; Nursery field correlations; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Repeatability; Stem sinuosity; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

GENETIC STRUCTURES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ABIES; EMBRYOPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII VAR. MENZIESII;

EID: 0041708069     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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