Selection for improved growth and wood density in lodgepole pine: Effects on radial patterns of wood variation

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 391-403

  Wang, Tongli ^a   Aitken, Sally N ^a   Rozenberg, Philippe ^b   Millie, Frédéric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Density components; Early selection; Heterogeneity; Radial pattern; Wood density; X ray densitometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001534235     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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