Genetic parameter estimates for growth and form traits in common ash (Fraxinus excelsior, L.) in a breeding seedling orchard at Little Wittenham in England

New Forests

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-238

  Mwase, Weston F ^a   Savill, Peter S ^b   Hemery, Gabriel ^c  

^a LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Northmoor Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlations; CVA; Dbh; Forking; Genetic gain; Height; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FOOD ADDITIVES; ORCHARDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CORRELATIONS; CVA; DBH; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHT; ENGLAND; FORKING; GENETIC GAIN; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GROWTH TRAITS; HEIGHT; HERITABILITY; STEM FORM;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS TREE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERITABILITY; ORCHARD; PLANT BREEDING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITTLE WITTENHAM; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR;

EID: 52549092714     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-008-9095-6     Document Type: Article

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