Genetic control of the time of transition from juvenile to mature wood in Pinus radiata D. Don

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 871-878

  Gapare, Washington J ^a   Wu, Harry X ^a   Abarquez, Aljoy ^a  

^a Ensis   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heritability; Juvenile wood; Mature wood; Pinus radiata; Transition age

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LIMITING FACTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WOOD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FLYNN CREEK; SILVER CREEK; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TANTANOOLA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 33845506621     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2006070     Document Type: Article

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