Finalizing the selection of parents for the Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr) breeding population in Britain using Mixed Model Analysis

Forestry

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-431

  Lee, Steve J ^a   Connolly, Tom ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FLOWER; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORCHARD; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 77957764222     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpq024     Document Type: Article

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