Yield and Woody Biomass Traits of Novel Shrub Willow Hybrids at Two Contrasting Sites

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 533-546

  Serapiglia, Michelle J ^a   Cameron, Kimberly D ^a,c   Stipanovic, Arthur J ^b   Abrahamson, Lawrence P ^b   Volk, Timothy A ^b   Smart, Lawrence B ^a  

^a School of Integrative Plant Science College of Agriculture and Life Sciences   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Beetle damage; Bioenergy; Breeding; Cellulose; Melampsora rust; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BEETLE DAMAGE; BIO-ENERGY; BREEDING; MELAMPSORA; WOOD DENSITY;

BIOFUELS; CELLULOSE; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; BREEDING; CELLULOSE; DAMAGE; FORESTRY; INSECTS; WOOD DENSITY;

COLEOPTERA; MELAMPSORA; SALIX; SALIX ERIOCEPHALA;

EID: 84876967591     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-012-9272-5     Document Type: Article

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