Efficiency of early selection for rotation-aged growth and wood density traits in Pinus radiata

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2019-2029

  Li, Li ^a,b   Wu, Harry X ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITOMETERS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AREA-WEIGHTED DENSITY (AD); DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (DBH); X-RAY DENSITOMETRY;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

GENETICS; GROWTH; SILVICULTURE; WOOD QUALITY;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; HERITABILITY; PINUS RADIATA; WOOD PRODUCTS; WOOD PROPERTIES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 29844443781     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-134     Document Type: Article

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