Age trends in genetic parameters of wood density components in 46 half-sibling families of Pinus pinaster

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1470-1477

  Gaspar, Maria João ^a   Louzada, José Luís ^a   Silva, Maria Emília ^a   Aguiar, Alexandre ^b   Almeida, Maria Helena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos I P   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; POLYMORPHISM; SEED; WOOD;

BREEDING PROGRAMMES; CLONAL SEED ORCHARD (CSO); GENETIC PARAMETERS; OPEN-POLLINATED FAMILIES; PORTUGAL; THIRD GENERATION (3G); VARIANCE COMPONENTS; WOOD DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; ORCHARD; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED COLLECTION; WOOD QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; DENSITOMETRY; DENSITY; FORESTRY; PARAMETERS; SEEDS; TREES; WOOD; X RAYS;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 46749143011     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-013     Document Type: Article

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