Use of Biotechnology in Forestry Breeding Programs for Natural Resources and Biodiversity Conservation: Creating Super Trees for the Future

Owing to the increasing human population and the increasing global demand for wood, its consumption is exceeding the natural rate of regeneration in many areas worldwide. Despite only 3% of the world’s forested land is plantation forest, plantations are highly productive; and with further improvemen...

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Main Author: Montalbán, Itziar A. (author)
Other Authors: Castander-Olarieta, Ander (author), Pereira, Cátia (author), Canhoto, Jorge (author), Moncaleán, Paloma (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Forestry biotechnology
Breeding programs
Natural resources
Biodiversity conservation
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/93322
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/93322

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http://hdl.handle.net/10316/93322

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