Genetic diversity of flowering dogwood in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 855-871

  Hadziabdic, Denita ^a   Wang, Xinwang ^b   Wadl, Phillip A ^a   Rinehart, Timothy A ^c   Ownley, Bonnie H ^a   Trigiano, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornus florida; Dogwood anthracnose; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Mortality; Native dogwood populations

Indexed keywords

CORNUS; CORNUS FLORIDA;

EID: 84865551545     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-012-0471-1     Document Type: Article

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