Breeding for wood quality and profit in Pinus radiata: A review of genetic parameter estimates and implications for breeding and deployment

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-87

  Wu, Harry X ^a   Ivkovic M ^a   Gapare, W J ^a   Matheson, A C ^a   Baltunis, B S ^a   Powell, M B ^b   McRae, T A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Southern Tree Breeding Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Genetic parameters; Genetics; Heritability; Pinus radiata; Tree breeding

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; GENES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SHRINKAGE; STIFFNESS; WOOD;

GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; PINUS RADIATA; TREE BREEDING;

FORESTRY;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONIFEROUS TREE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH RATE; PROFITABILITY; SELECTIVE BREEDING; WOOD;

BREEDING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GENETICS; PINUS RADIATA; SHRINKAGE; STIFFNESS; WOOD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 50849139915     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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