Low cost improvement of Coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) by application of the breeding seed orchard approach in Denmark

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 54, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 218-227

  Hansen, J K ^a   Wellendorf, H ^a   Kjaer E D ^a  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bud burst; Forking; Genetic correlation; Genetic diversity; Genetic gain; Growth; Heritability estimates; Stem straightness; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GROWTH KINETICS; SEED; ORCHARDS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC GAIN; HERITABILITY ESTIMATES;

COASTAL ZONES; BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; COASTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH; SEEDS;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII VAR. MENZIESII;

BUD BURST; DENMARK; FORKING; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC GAIN; GENETICS DIVERSITIES; HERITABILITY ESTIMATES; SEED ORCHARD; STEM STRAIGHTNESS; WINDTHROWS;

EID: 29244450513     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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