Genetic parameter estimates for wood stiffness, strength, internal checking, and resin bleeding for radiata pine

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2601-2610

  Kumar, Satish ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ACOUSTIC STIFFNESS; EXTERNAL RESIN BLEEDING (ERB); GENETIC CORRELATIONS; WOOD STIFFNESS;

WOOD;

GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; STRENGTH; WOOD QUALITY;

FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HERITABILITY; PINUS; STRENGTH TESTS; WOOD RESIN;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 15944391708     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-128     Document Type: Article

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