Unequal deployment of clones to seed orchards by considering genetic gain, relatedness and gene diversity

Forestry

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-28

  Lindgren, Dag ^a   Danusevicius, Darius ^b,c   Rosvall, Ola ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (Lithuania)

^c VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; ORCHARD;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 59849089371     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpn033     Document Type: Article

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