Age trends in genotypic variation of wood density and its intra-ring components in young poplar hybrid crosses

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 673-685

  Pliura, Alfas ^a,c   Zhang, S Y ^a   Bousquet, Jean ^b   MacKay, John ^b  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Age trend; Clones; Genotypic correlation; Genotypic variation; Poplar hybrids; Radial growth; Repeatability; Wood density

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CLONE; CORRELATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; PHENOTYPE; SITE EFFECT; TREE RING; WOOD;

POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 33751549573     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2006048     Document Type: Article

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