Genetic variation in survival and growth of Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus in Ethiopia

Australian Forestry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-52

  Hunde, Tesfaye ^a   Gizachew, Belachew ^a   Harwood, Chris ^b,c  

^a Forestry Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^b Ensis   (Australia)

^c Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Eucalyptus globulus; Growth; Heritability; Provenance trials; Survival

Indexed keywords

GENES; GROWTH KINETICS;

BREEDING POPULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; PROVENANCE TRIALS;

FORESTRY;

BREEDING; ETHIOPIA; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; GENES; HERITABILITY; SURVIVAL;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 34047249446     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2007.10676262     Document Type: Article

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