Inheritance of spiral grain in the juvenile core of Pinus radiata

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 116-127

  Gapare, Washington ^a   Hathorn, Adrian ^b   Kain, Dominic ^b   Matheson, Colin ^a   Wu, Harry ^a  

^a Ensis   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; WASTES; WOOD;

PROGENY TESTS; RADIATA PINES; SPIRAL GRAIN ANGLES; VERTICAL TREE AXIS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; JUVENILE; NATURAL SELECTION; TREE RING;

CORRELATION; FORESTRY; WASTES; WOOD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 34250346173     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-202     Document Type: Article

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