The breeding program of the American chestnut foundation

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 1019, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-140

  Hebard, F V ^a   Fitzsimmons, S F ^a   Gurney, K M ^a   Saielli, T M ^a  

^a The American Chestnut Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Backcross breeding; C. mollissima; Castanea dentate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899759684     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2014.1019.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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