Earlywood-latewood demarcation criteria and their effect on genetic parameters of growth ring density components and efficiency of selection for end-of-rotation density of radiata pine

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 51, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 241-246

  Kumar, S ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Correlated response; Family selection; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Index selection; Pinus radiata; Ring density

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY; WOOD;

GENETIC PARAMETERS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CORRELATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PINUS RADIATA; SPRING WOOD; SUMMER WOOD;

PINACEAE; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0038736909     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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