Variation in adaptive traits among and within Spanish and European populations of Castanea sativa: selection of trees for timber production

New Forests

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-50

  Miguez Soto B ^a   Fernandez Lopez J ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion Forestal de Lourizan   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive traits; Breeding population; Castanea sativa; Genetic parameters

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FRUITS;

ADAPTIVE TRAITS; BREEDING POPULATIONS; CASTANEA SATIVA; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; OPEN-POLLINATED FAMILIES; TIMBER PRODUCTION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 84920254099     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-014-9445-5     Document Type: Article

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