Challenges Facing the Forest Industry in Relation to Seed Dormancy and Seed Quality

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 773, Issue , 2011, Pages 3-15

  Stoehr, Michael U ^a   El Kassaby, Yousry A ^b  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dormancy; Germination capacity; Germination speed; Nursery; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHIMERA; FORESTRY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PLANT SEED; QUALITY CONTROL; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHIMERA; FORESTRY; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 80054729048     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-231-1_1     Document Type: Chapter

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