Publications by G.W. Adams http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/authors/read/11006?lang=en_CA Publications by G.W. Adams en-ca 2010-12-14 00:00:00 MST 2010-12-14 00:00:00 MST webmaster@nofc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca Genetically based resistance to the white pine weevil in jack pine and eastern white pine http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=31977 White pine weevil (Pissodes strobi Peck) damage was evaluated in one white pine (Pinus strobus L.) and four jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb) half-sib family test sites to determine the role of tree genotype in resistance to the weevil. Halfsib family explained a significant proportion of the variation in weevil attack at all sites. Estimates of family (0.16–0.54) and individual (0.09–0.24) heritabilities of jack pine resistance to white pine weevil were moderate. Estimates of family (0.16–0.54) and individual (0.09–0.24) heritabilities of jack pine resistance to white pine weevil were moderate. Estimates of family (0.37) and individual (0.22) heritability of resistance of white pine to the weevil were also moderate when the percentage of test trees damaged by the weevil was relatively low, but were insignificant four years later when more than three-quarters of trees were damaged. Significant positive correlations between mean tree height and mean incidence of trees damaged by the weevil were observed for four of seven site-years but relationships were weak, suggesting that any cost, with respect to height growth, to breeding weevil resistant trees may be small. Tue, 14 Dec 2010 http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=31977 Partitioning of genetic variance and selection efficiency for alternative vegetative deployment strategies for white spruce in eastern Canada http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=34633 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=34633 Realized genetic gains observed in a first generation seedling seed orchard for jack pine in New Brunswick, Canada http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=34632 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=34632 Incorporation of new information and technology in breeding and deployment strategies for black spruce http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=6428 Fri, 21 Jul 2000 http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=6428 Final report on development of pilot scale clonal testing and production of black spruce http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=20298 Fri, 19 Jul 2002 http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=20298 Genetic parameters and correlations in tests of open-pollinated black spruce families in field and retrospective nursery test environments http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=6125 Fri, 21 Jul 2000 http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=6125 Commercialization potential of somatic embryogenesis in black spruce tree improvement http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=6000 Fri, 21 Jul 2000 http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=6000 Stratégies d'amélioration génétique d'espèces d'arbre importantes au Canada (rapports présentés dans le cadre de l’atelier) http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=18278 Fri, 08 Jun 2001 http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=18278 Breeding strategies of important tree species in Canada: papers presented at the workshop. Fredericton, New Brunswick, August 18, 1993 http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=6264 Fri, 21 Jul 2000 http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=6264 Technology mission on somatic embryogenesis: final report http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=20299 Fri, 19 Jul 2002 http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=20299