The effects of fertility and synchronization variation on seed production in two Chinese fir clonal seed orchards

Fang Wang1, Shuaiying Zhang1, Peng Zhu1

  • 1Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecological Forestry Engineering on the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River and National Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety on the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River and Rainy Area of West China Plantation Ecosystem Permanent Scientific Research Base, Institute of Ecology and Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China.

Scientific Reports
|January 12, 2023
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