… to demonstrate that ploidy level impacts shrub willow biomass traits and that these biomass
traits are affected by harvest cycle year. We evaluated woody biomass traits among progeny …

… Genetic improvement of shrub willow (Salix), a perennial … growth traits and ploidy. Many
of the initial breeding efforts for … and their interaction impacting willow biomass production. …

… willow crosses, made between Salix sections and ploidy, was … or wide hybridization can
have a positive impact on the … expressing novel profiles [19]. For instance, diploid interspecific …

… traits among hybrid shrub willow families. .............81 Figure 3.8 Pairwise correlations of
biomass traits … of intraspecific F1 and F2 Salix purpurea sample pedigree, ploidylevel, the total …

… the UK based on the growth of Salix viminalis and its hybrids [[16], [17], … -bred and selected
novel shrub willow hybrids in comparison … These genotypes vary in ploidy level from diploid to …

… global dosage effect of parent alleles in triploid hybrids, with … for biomass yield and other
traits important for biomass … parent species of contrasting ploidy exhibit both additive and …

… the harvestable biomass and biomass-related growth traits in … Determination of ploidy
levels of obtained hybrids was … heterosis effects through the production of triploid hybrids for …

… the well-known chemical markers of willow biomass quality, the … As a continuation of
these investigations, triploid hybrid … willow genotypes of different ploidy levels indicates that …

… of biomass samples from two shrub willow (Salix spp.) yield trial … At the species and
species-hybrid level there were patterns in … main effect of genotype was significant for all six …

… biomass crops such as shrub willow (Salix spp.) are … Effects of nitrogen fertilization in shrub
willow short rotation … biomass yield for six species or species hybrids reported in the literature. …