Reproductive dynamics and fingerprinting effort in a Douglas-fir seed orchard

Seed orchards are the tree improvement programs’ production populations used to predictably package genetic gain and diversity achieved during the breeding cycle. Genetic gain and diversity delivered by seed orchards is calculated under the assumption of reproductive randomness, equality, and synch...

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Main Author: Kess, Joseph Anthony
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43421