Genetic control of intra-ring wood density variation in hybrid larch (Larix gmelinii var. japonica × L. kaempferi) F1

Wood Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-240

  Fujimoto, Takaaki ^a   Kita, Kazuhito ^b   Kuromaru, Makoto ^b  

^a Hokkaido Forest Products Research Institute   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HYBRID LARCH; PATTERN CURVE; X-RAY DENSITOMETRY;

WOOD;

DENSITOMETRY; LARIX; WOOD DENSITY;

LARIX; LARIX GMELINII VAR. JAPONICA; LARIX KAEMPFERI;

EID: 41149086740     PISSN: 00437719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00226-007-0171-4     Document Type: Article

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