Southern hardwood varietal forestry: A new approach to short-rotation woody crops for biomass energy

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-14

  Merkle, Scott ^a   Cunningham, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ArborGen LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hardwood trees; Hybrid breeding; Somatic embryogenesis; Varietal forestry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOMASS; CROPS; FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; TIMBER;

BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; HYBRID BREEDING; PARALLEL TECHNOLOGY; SHORT-ROTATION WOODY CROPS; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SOMATIC SEEDLINGS; SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS; VARIETAL FORESTRIES;

HARDWOODS;

BIOMASS POWER; BREEDING; CONIFEROUS TREE; EMBRYO; FORESTRY; SEEDLING; TREE;

UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 79251566154     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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