Genetic variation in postharvest needle retention among Nordmann fir families and grafted clones

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 304-312

  Nielsen, Ulrik Bräuner ^a   Chastagner, Gary A ^b  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Christmas trees; Families; Genetic variation; Heritability; Needle retention; Postharvest quality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLONING; HARVESTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHRISTMAS TREES; FAMILIES; GENETIC VARIATIONS; NEEDLE RETENTION; POSTHARVEST QUALITY;

FORESTRY;

ABIES; BIODIVERSITY; CLONES; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; HERITABILITY; PROGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ABIES NORDMANNIANA;

EID: 24344476157     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580510008365     Document Type: Article

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