Genetic control of flowering time in Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1209-1218

  Jones, Rebecca C ^a   Vaillancourt, R E ^a   Gore, Peter L ^b   Potts, Brad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b SeedEnergy Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthesis; Flower initiation; Flowering time; Genetic control; Heat sum; Phenology; Seed orchard

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 81355123346     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-011-0407-1     Document Type: Article

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