Genetics of wood stiffness and its component traits in Pinus radiata

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1165-1178

  Dungey, Heidi S ^a   Matheson, A Colin ^a   Kain, Dominic ^b   Evans, Robert ^a  

^a Ensis   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARK STRIPPING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; STIFFNESS;

COMPONENT TRAITS; GENETIC CORRELATIONS; MICROFIBRIL ANGLE (MFA); WOOD STIFFNESS;

WOOD;

CONIFEROUS TREE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; PLANT BREEDING; STIFFNESS; WOOD;

BARK; GENETICS; PINUS RADIATA; WOOD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 33746538385     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-014     Document Type: Article

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