Assessment of the early selection efficiency in Eucalyptus cloeziana F. MUELL. in the Northwest of Minas Gerais State (Brazil)

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 359-361

  Marques Jr , O G ^b   Andrade, H B ^b   Ramalho, M A P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Compact family blocks; Early selection; Eucalyptus breeding; Eucalyptus cloeziana; Genetic gain; Genetic parameters; Half sib families; Interaction; Quantitative genetic; Recurrent selection

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CLOEZIANA;

EID: 12644273791     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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