Leaf physiology and morphology of Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh., Castanea mollissima Blume, and three backcross breeding generations planted in the southern Appalachians, USA

New Forests

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 283-293

  Knapp, Benjamin O ^a,d   Wang, G Geoff ^a   Clark, Stacy L ^b   Pile, Lauren S ^a   Schlarbaum, Scott E ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Backcross breeding; Castanea dentata; Light response curve; Species restoration; Tree improvement

Indexed keywords

BACKCROSS BREEDING; CASTANEA DENTATA; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; LIGHT RESPONSE CURVES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOTON FLUX DENSITIES; TREE IMPROVEMENT;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGENS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESTORATION; SEED; WETLANDS;

FRUITS;

BREEDING; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FOREST; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; PATHOGEN; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BREEDING; CASTANEA; CONSERVATION; FRUITS; PATHOGENS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WETLANDS;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

AESCULUS HYBRIDA; CASTANEA DENTATA; CASTANEA MOLLISSIMA; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA;

EID: 84893722978     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-014-9408-x     Document Type: Article

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