Genetic variation in tracheid length and relationships with growth and wood traits in eastern white spruce (picea glauca)

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 609-616

  Beaulieu, Jean ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber; Picea glauca; Progeny; Tree improvement

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

WOOD SPECIFIC GRAVITY; WOOD TRAITS;

WOOD;

FIBERS; PAPER QUALITY; PLANTS; TRACHEIDS; TREES; WOOD;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0242415428     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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