Genetic parameters and breeding value predictions for Eucalyptus nitens wood fiber production traits

Forest Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 587-598

  Tibbits, Wayne ^a   Hodge, Gary ^b,c  

^a North Eucalypt Technologies   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Generation; Heritability; Pulp; Seed orchard

Indexed keywords

HERITABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS;

CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FORECASTING; FORESTRY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; KRAFT PULP; ORCHARDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTION;

BASAL AREA; BASIC DENSITY; BREEDING VALUE; GENERATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HERITABILITY; SEED ORCHARD; WOOD FIBER;

AGRONOMY;

EUCALYPTUS NITENS;

EID: 0032211960     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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