Achievements in forest tree improvement in Australia and New Zealand 8. Successful introduction and breeding of radiata pine in Australia

Australian Forestry

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 215-225

  Wu, Harry X ^a   Eldridge, Ken G ^a   Matheson, A Colin ^a   Powell, Mike B ^b   McRae, Tony A ^b   Butcher, Trevor B ^c   Johnson, Ian G ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Southern Tree Breeding Association   (Australia)

^c Forest Products Commission   (Australia)

^d State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding programs; Economics; Genetic improvement; Genetic resources; Growth rate; History; Information systems; Provenance; Radiata pine; Traits; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; WOOD;

BREEDING PROGRAMS; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC RESOURCES;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PINUS RADIATA; WOOD; WOOD PROPERTIES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 38949171728     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2007.10675023     Document Type: Article

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