Patterns of longitudinal within-tree variation in pulpwood and solidwood traits differ among Eucalyptus globulus genotypes

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 831-837

  Hamilton, Matthew G ^a   Greaves, Bruce L ^a   Potts, Brad M ^a   Dutkowski, Gregory W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b PlantPlan Genetics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus globulus; Genetic variation; Longitudinal variation; Within tree variation; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; WOOD QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 36549035656     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007064     Document Type: Article

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