Genetic and environmental variance in cone and seed properties and early progeny growth of Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P. clones were evaluated using cones and seed from two to three ramets of 19 clones each growing in a ...

The effects of four factors on nine attributes of black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill) B. S. P.) seedlings were investigated. The seedlings were produced under an accelerated transplant system that used a 6 ml Castle ...

The objective of this thesis was to evaluate the growth of black spruce seedlings in containers with four soil volumes (45, 90, 180, 360 cm3) and at three diameter/depth shapes (1:2, 1:3, 1:4). Seedling height, root collar ...

Problems associated with the establishment and early growth of overwinter frozen stored black spruce {Picea mariana [Mill.] B.S.P.) seedlings led to research on the effects of selected nursery lifting and storage practices ...

Multi-locus enzyme systems were studied in a black spruce {Picea maniana (Mill.) B.S.P.) clonal seed orchard in northwestern Ontario. The embryonic and megagametophytic tissues of each clone were sampled and ...

To evaluate the importance of phenology and strobilus production in a clonal seed orchard of white and black spruce, 14 clones of each species represented by 4 ramets each, were selected from the Mattawin seed orchard. ...

The production of black spruce ( Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) bare root stock in Ontario nurseries presents two main problems. First, seedlings at the end of the first growing season are small, and thus susceptible to ...

Plus-tree selection of black spruce [Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) based on increment of wood volume per unit of crown (growing space efficiency) has the potential to improve yield per hectare and avoid biased selection ...