Variation in wood properties among five full-sib families of Norway spruce (Picea abies)

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 799-806

  Steffenrem, Arne ^a   Saranpää, Pekka ^b   Lundqvist, Sven Olof ^c   Skrøppa, Tore ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c INNVENTIA AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Modulus of elasticity; Modulus of rupture; Tree improvement; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENSITY; ELASTIC MODULUS; GENETIC VARIATION; LIGNIN; WOOD QUALITY;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 36549055506     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007062     Document Type: Article

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