Genetic gain and diversity caused by genetic thinning in a clonal seed orchard of Pinus densiflora

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 52, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 220-223

  Kang, K S ^a   El Kassaby, Y A ^b   Choi, W Y ^a   Han, S U ^a   Kim, C S ^a  

^a Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetic gain; Pinus densiflora; Pollen contamination; Roguing; Status number

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ORCHARDS; SEED;

GENETIC GAIN; GENETIC THINNING;

FORESTRY;

ORCHARDS; PINUS DENSIFLORA; POLLUTION; SEEDS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PINUS DENSIFLORA;

EID: 3042594467     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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