Variation in cedar leaf blight (Didymascella thujina) resistance of western redcedar (Thuja plicata)

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1978-1986

  Russell, John H ^a   Kope, Harry H ^a,b   Ades, Peter ^c   Collinson, Heidi ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b Contact Biologicals ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RIVERS;

CEDAR LEAF BLIGHT (CLB); DIDYMASCELLA THUJINA; POPULATION VARIATION;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY;

CEDAR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RIVERS; SEEDLINGS;

ASIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EURASIA; JORDAN RIVER; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

DIDYMASCELLA THUJINA; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 38149083975     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-034     Document Type: Article

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