Genetic variation and inter-trait correlations in Eucalyptus globulus base population trials in Argentina

Forest Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-231

  Lopez, Gustavo A ^a,b   Potts, Bradley M ^a   Dutkowski, Gregory W ^a   Apiolaza, Luis A ^a   Gelid, Pedro E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Inst Nac Tecn A   (Argentina)

^{c *}  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus globulus; Genetic correlation; Genetic variation; Genotype x environment interaction; Heritability; Tree breeding

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 0036998950     PISSN: 1335048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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