Partitioning of genetic variance and selection efficiency for alternative vegetative deployment strategies for white spruce in Eastern Canada

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 809-819

  Weng, Y H ^a,c   Park, Y S ^b   Krasowski, M J ^c   Tosh, K J ^a   Adams, G ^d  

^a New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d JD Irving Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clonally replicated test; Early selection; Genetic correlation; Genetic variance; Heritability; Multi varietal forestry; Vegetative deployment

Indexed keywords

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 49749123840     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-008-0154-0     Document Type: Article

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