Wood properties of twenty highly ranked radiata pine seed production parents selected for growth and form

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-137

  Ridoutt, Bradley G ^a   Sorensson, Charles T ^a   Lausberg, Marco J F ^a,b  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b Carter Holt Harvey Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Genetics; Heritability; Juvenile wood; Pinus radiata; Selection criteria; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011159488     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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