Genetic variation in wood basic density and pilodyn penetration and their relationships with growth, stem straightness, and branch size for Eucalyptus urophylla in northern Vietnam

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 160-175

  Kien, Nguyen Duc ^a,b   Jansson, Gunnar ^b,c   Harwood, Chris ^d   Almqvist, Curt ^c   Thinh, Ha Huy ^a  

^a Forest Science Institute of Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus urophylla; Genetic correlation; Genotype by environment interaction; Heritability; Pilodyn penetration; Wood basic density

Indexed keywords

GENES; HARDWOODS;

EUCALYPTUS UROPHYLLA; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPE-BY-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; PILODYN; WOOD BASIC DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVERGREEN TREE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; POLLINATION; WOOD;

CORRELATION; EUCALYPTUS UROPHYLLA; HERITABILITY; PENETRATION; WOOD; WOOD DENSITY;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS UROPHYLLA;

EID: 50849089007     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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