Unequal clonal deployment improves genetic gains at constant diversity levels for clonal forestry

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-85

  Weng, Yuhui ^a   Park, Yill Sung ^b   Lindgren, Dag ^c  

^a New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clonal forestry; Family restriction; Selection and deployment; Status number

Indexed keywords

PICEA;

EID: 84856232843     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-011-0422-2     Document Type: Article

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