Genetic variation in decay resistance and its correlation to wood density and growth in white spruce

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2177-2183

  Yu, Qibin ^a,c   Yang, Dian Qing ^a   Zhang, S Y ^a   Beaulieu, Jean ^b   Duchesne, Isabelle ^b  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; FUNGUS RESISTANCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HARVESTING; WOOD;

DECAY RESISTANCE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIATION; WOOD DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

DENSITY; DISEASE CONTROL; FORESTRY; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE;

FOMITOPSIS PINICOLA; FUNGI; GLOEOPHYLLUM TRABEUM; PICEA GLAUCA; PINICOLA; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR;

EID: 1842665780     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-150     Document Type: Article

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