Genome-wide responses to drought in forest trees

Forestry

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-283

  Hamanishi, Erin T ^a,b   Campbell, Malcolm M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT STRESS; FOREST HEALTH; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENOME; LITERATURE REVIEW; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; SELECTIVE BREEDING; TREE PLANTING; UNDERPINNING;

EID: 79959726531     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpr012     Document Type: Review

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