Efficiency of early selection for rotation-aged wood quality traits in radiata pine

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Wu, Harry X ^a   Powell, Mike B ^b   Yang, Junli L ^a   Ivković, Milo ^a   McRae, Tony A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Southern Tree Breeding Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early selection; Microfibril angle; Modulus of elasticity; Radiata pine; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BARK; CONIFEROUS TREE; ELASTICITY; HERITABILITY; SELECTIVE BREEDING; WOOD QUALITY;

RADIATA;

EID: 33847152717     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2006082     Document Type: Article

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