Southern pollen sired more seeds than northern pollen in southern seed orchards established with northern clones of Pinus sylvestris

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-14

  Pulkkinen, Pertti ^a   Varis, Saila ^a   Pakkanen, Anne ^a   Koivuranta, Leena ^a,c   Vakkari, Pekka ^a   Parantainen, Annika ^b,d  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Licentia Ltd   (Finland)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Background pollination; Competition crosses; Pollen competition; Pollen contamination; Seed siring success

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONTAMINATION; ORCHARDS; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION;

ALLOZYME VARIATIONS; BACKGROUND POLLINATION; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POLLEN COMPETITION; POLLEN CONTAMINATION; SCOTS PINES; SEED ORCHARDS;

SEED;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 61949476986     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580802592467     Document Type: Article

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