Changes in growth performance and fecundity of Eucalyptus camaldulensis and E. tereticornis during domestication in southern India

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 629-640

  Varghese, M ^a   Kamalakannan, R ^a   Harwood, C E ^b   Lindgren, D ^c   McDonald, M W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOREST GENETICS AND TREE BREEDING   (India)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Domestication; E. tereticornis; Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Fertility; Seed orchard

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS;

EID: 70349513500     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-009-0215-z     Document Type: Article

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