Can wood density be efficiently selected at early stage in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.)?

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-106

  Bouffier, Laurent ^a   Charlot, Céline ^b   Raffin, Annie ^a   Rozenberg, Philippe ^c   Kremer, Antoine ^a  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic gain; Juvenile adult correlation; Pinus pinaster Ait.; Resistograph; Wood density

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BREEDING; CONIFEROUS TREE; GENETICS; GROWTH; JUVENILE; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 37449011803     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007078     Document Type: Article

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