A nucleus breeding plan for radiata pine in Australia

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 122-133

  White, T L ^a   Matheson, A C ^b   Cotterill, P P ^b   Johnson, R G ^c   Rout, A F ^d   Boomsma, D B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Southern Tree Breeding Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding strategy; Costs and benefits; Genetic gain; Nucleus breeding; Radiata pine

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; NUCLEUS BREEDING; PLANT BREEDING; POPULATION GENETICS;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0032739323     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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