Clonal variation in wood quality and growth in young Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.): Estimation of quantitative genetic parameters and index selection for improved pulpwood

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-33

  Costa E Silva, J ^a   Wellendorf, H ^a   Pereira, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Clonal correlation; Growth traits; Index selection; Lignin content; Picea sitchensis; Pilodyn; Pulp production; Repeatability; Stem straightness; Wood density

Indexed keywords

CLONAL VARIATION; CLONE; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; WOOD PULP;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0031947038     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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