Genetic control of propagation effects and the importance of stock plant age and source on early growth in cuttings of Pinus radiata

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 267-272

  McGranahan, M F ^a   Borralho, N M G ^a,b   Greaves, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b RAIZ Instituto de Investigacao da Floresta e Papel   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cuttings; Heritabilities; Pinus radiata; Stock plant age

Indexed keywords

CLONE; CUTTING; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GROWTH RATE; HERITABILITY; PLANT AGE; PLANT GROWTH;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0033506251     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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