Phenotyping Whole Forests Will Help to Track Genetic Performance

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 854-864

  Dungey, Heidi S ^a   Dash, Jonathan P ^a   Pont, David ^a   Clinton, Peter W ^a   Watt, Michael S ^a   Telfer, Emily J ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

forest modelling; genetic gains; phenotyping; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL VARIATION; DEVICES; FOREST; FORESTRY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREE;

BIOLOGICAL VARIATION, POPULATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GENOMICS; PHENOTYPE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREES;

EID: 85053029481     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2018.08.005     Document Type: Review

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