PhysiologybioRxivPreprint
Breeding for growth has resulted in increased tolerance to drought at the cost of genetic diversity in Scots pine.
F. G. Munoz, h. Hayatgheibi, J. Niemi…·M. R. Garcia-Gil
The paper finds that breeding Scots pine for growth increased drought tolerance but reduced genetic diversity, with breeding-origin families showing less phenotypic variance in canopy traits.
DOI 10.1101/2023.09.14.557809