Incorporating wood density in breeding programs for softwoods in Europe: A strategy and associated methods

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-7

  Rozenberg, Ph ^a   Franc, A ^a   Cahalan, C ^a  

^a National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

Author keywords

Co variation; Density profile; Genetics; Ring density; Ring width; Wavelets; Wood; Wood homogeneity

Indexed keywords

BARK; CLONAL VARIATION; COVARIANCE; DENSITY; EUROPE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENETIC GAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; MODEL; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT VARIETY;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GROWTH KINETICS;

RING DENSITY; VOLUME GROWTH;

SOFTWOODS;

BREEDING; GROWTH RINGS; PICEA ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; SOFTWOODS; WOOD DENSITY;

EID: 0034973743     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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