A novel approach for the operational production of hybrid larch seeds under northern climatic conditions

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-104

  Colas, Fabienne ^a   Perron, Martin ^a   Tousignant, Denise ^a   Parent, Carol ^a   Pelletier, Monique ^a   Lemay, Patrick ^a  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrostatic pollination; European larch (Larix decidua Mill.); Indoor seed orchard; Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi Lamb. Carri re); Seed production

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CONTROL; ORCHARDS; SEED;

ELECTROSTATIC POLLINATION; INDOOR SEED ORCHARD; SEED PRODUCTION;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRID; POLLINATION; PRUNING; REFORESTATION; SEED PRODUCTION; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION; WOOD QUALITY;

CLIMATES; DISEASES; LARIX DECIDUA; LARIX LEPTOLEPIS; ORCHARDS; POLLINATION; SEEDS;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; LARIX KAEMPFERI; LARIX X MARSCHLINSII; PSEUDOLARIX KAEMPFERI;

EID: 41149159673     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc84095-1     Document Type: Article

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