Inbreeding in Pinus radiata. IV: The effect of inbreeding on wood density

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 557-562

  Wu, Harry X ^a   Matheson, A Colin ^a   Abarquez, Aljoy ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inbreeding depression; Purging; Radiata pine; Wood density

Indexed keywords

INBREEDING; WOOD QUALITY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0036662190     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2002041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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