Breeding eastern white pine for blister rust resistance: A review of progress in Ontario

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 745-755

  Lu, Pengxin ^a   Derbowka, Darren ^a  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetic resistance; Interspecific hybridization; Pinus strobus; White pine blister rust

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; EASTERN WHITE PINES; GENETIC RESISTANCE; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; PINUS STROBUS; RESISTANCE ALLELE; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; WHITE PINE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALLELE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISEASE; GROWTH; HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT BREEDING; SURVIVAL;

CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 70349961428     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc85745-5     Document Type: Article

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