Genetic and environmental variation of internodal and whorl branch formation in a progeny trial of Picea abies

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 290-298

  Steffenrem, Arne ^a   Lindland, Frode ^b,c   Skrøppa, Tore ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c Rendalen Kommune ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Branch formation; Environmental variation; Genetic variation; Tree breeding

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

BRANCH FORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS; GENETIC CONTROL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETIC VARIATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS GROWTH; PICEA ABIES; RANDOMIZED COMPLETE BLOCK; SITE INDEX; TREE BREEDING; VARIANCE COMPONENTS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ABIES; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 49949114672     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580802249118     Document Type: Article

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