Heritability and phenotypic and genetic correlations of coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) wood quality traits

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1536-1546

  Ukrainetz, Nicholas K ^a   Kang, Kyu Young ^a   Aitken, Sally N ^a   Stoehr, Michael ^b   Mansfield, Shawn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; CELL GROWTH; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOLOGY; FIBERS; GLUCOSE; GOLD; LIGNIN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REDUCTION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WOOD;

CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT; CELL WALLS; DOUGLAS FIRS; EARLYWOOD DENSITY; GENETIC CONTROL; GENETIC CORRELATIONS; GLUCOSE CONTENT; GROWTH TRAITS; HEIGHT GROWTH; HERITABILITY ESTIMATES; LOWER DENSITY; MICROFIBRIL ANGLE (MFA); PHENOTYPIC CORRELATIONS; PROGENY TESTS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII (DOUGLAS-FIR); QUALITY TRAITS; RESPONSE TO SELECTION; SAMPLE POPULATION; WOOD DENSITY;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CONIFEROUS TREE; GENETICS; GROWTH; HERITABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; WOOD QUALITY;

CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE; ECOLOGY; FIBRILS; GLUCOSE; GOLD; GROWTH; LIGNINS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; QUALITY; RIVERS; TREES; WOOD;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 46749119912     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-234     Document Type: Article

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