Achievements in forest tree genetic improvement in Australia and New Zealand 1: Eucalyptus pilularis Smith tree improvement in Australia

Australian Forestry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-10

  Henson, Michael ^a   Smith, Helen J ^a  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding programs; Clones, seed orchards; Eucalyptus pilularis; New South Wales; Wood density

Indexed keywords

CLONING; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; SEED;

BREEDING PROGRAMS; FOREST RESOURCE; PLANTATION SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

BREEDING; CLONES; EUCALYPTUS PILULARIS; GENES; SEED ORCHARDS; WOOD DENSITY;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS PILULARIS;

EID: 34047273774     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2007.10676255     Document Type: Article

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