A study of population variation and inheritance in Sitka spruce: III. Age trends in genetic parameters and optimum selection ages for wood density, and genetic correlations with vigour traits

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 143-151

  Lee, S J ^a   Woolliams, J ^b   Samuel, C J A ^a   Malcom, D C ^c  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic correlations; Genetic variation; Heritability; Indirect selection; Phenotypic correlations; Picea sitchensis; Progeny testing; Selection age

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; WOOD; X RAY ANALYSIS;

INHERITANCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 2242490023     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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