Linear thinning in a clonal test of Eucalyptus camaldulensis for conversion to a clonal seed orchard

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-108

  Varghese, M ^a,b   Lindgren, D ^a   Ravi, N ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOREST GENETICS AND TREE BREEDING   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity; Genetic gain; Genetic thinning; Linear deployment; Mass selection; Truncation selection

Indexed keywords

CLONING; GENES; ORCHARDS; SEED;

CLONAL SEED ORCHARDS; GENETIC THINNING; LINEAR STRATEGIES; TRUNCATION SELECTIONS;

FORESTRY;

CLONES; EUCALYPTUS ROSTRATA; FERTILITY; FORESTS; GENES; ORCHARDS; SEEDS;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS;

EID: 33646429787     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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