Genetic resistance of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) populations to the white pine weevil (Pissodes strobi): Distribution of resistance

Forestry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 269-278

  King, John N ^a   Alfaro, Rene I ^b   Cartwright, Charles ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERITABILITY; PEST RESISTANCE; POPULATION GENETICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PISSODES; PISSODES STROBI;

EID: 6444229922     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/77.4.269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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