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Estimating Yield: Beyond Breeding Values

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Handbook of Quantitative Forest Genetics

Part of the book series: Forestry Sciences ((FOSC,volume 39))

Abstract

Tree improvement, as a subdivision of genetics, has several unique features when compared with genetic improvement programs for other plant and animal species.

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  1. USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station, Alabama A&M University, Normal, Alabama, USA

    G. S. Foster (Research Geneticist)

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  1. University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA

    Lauren Fins

  2. USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC, USA

    Sharon T. Friedman

  3. USDA Forest Service, Olympia, WA, USA

    Janet V. Brotschol

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Foster, G.S. (1992). Estimating Yield: Beyond Breeding Values. In: Fins, L., Friedman, S.T., Brotschol, J.V. (eds) Handbook of Quantitative Forest Genetics. Forestry Sciences, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7987-2_7

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