Genetic variation and control of chloroplast pigment concentrations and related needle-level traits in Picea rubens, Picea mariana, and their hybrids: Moisture and light environmental effects

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 555-571

  Barsi, Debby C ^a   Major, John E ^a   Mosseler, Alex ^a   Campbell, Moira ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chloroplast pigments; Fitness; Hybridization; Inheritance; Needle level adaptive traits

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; BLACK SPRUCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL PIGMENTS; CHLOROPLAST PIGMENTS; COMPONENTS OF GROWTH; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FITNESS; GENETIC CONTROL; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRIDIZATION; INHERITANCE; INHERITANCE MODEL; INTERACTION EFFECT; IRRIGATED SEEDLINGS; LIGHT EFFECTS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; N VALUE; PICEA MARIANA; RED SPRUCE; SPECIFIC NEEDLE AREA; STRESS EFFECTS; TOTAL CHLOROPHYLL; WATER ENVIRONMENTS;

CARBON BLACK; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DROUGHT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOISTURE CONTROL; NEEDLES; PAINT; PORPHYRINS; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUN;

FORESTRY;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 67649946867     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-008-0301-0     Document Type: Article

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