Stability-related Parameters and Their Evaluation in a 17-Year Old Norway Spruce Clonal Test Series

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 133-139

  Isik, K ^a   Kleinschmit, J ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Lower Saxony Forest Research Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecovalence; Environmental sensitivity; Genotyp x environment interaction; Rank based tests; Stability

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CLONING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GENOTYPES; TREE HEIGHT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABIES; EMBRYOPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 1142281924     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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