Additive genetic variation in seedling growth and biomass of fourteen Pinus roxburghii provenances from Garhwal Himalaya

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-45

  Ghildiyal, S K ^a   Sharma, C M ^a   Gairola, Sumeet ^a  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Additive variance; Chir pine; Coefficient of variance; Genetic gain; Provenance variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954150842     PISSN: 09746846     EISSN: 09745645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2009/v2i1/29369     Document Type: Article

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