Improving disease resistance of butternut (Juglans cinerea), a threatened fine hardwood: A case for single-tree selection through genetic improvement and deployment

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-128

  Michler, Charles H ^a   Pijut, Paula M ^a   Jacobs, Douglass F ^b   Meilan, Richard ^b   Woeste, Keith E ^a   Ostry, Michael E ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybridization; Polymorphism; Regeneration; Sirococcus clavigignenti juglandacearum; Tree breeding; Vegetative propagation

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; HYBRIDIZATION; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

FUNGI; JUGLANS; JUGLANS AILANTHIFOLIA; JUGLANS CINEREA; SIROCOCCUS CLAVIGIGNENTI-JUGLANDACEARUM;

EID: 33244496637     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.1.121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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