Genetic correlations between wood quality traits of Pinus pinaster Ait.

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

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

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

^b INIA Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Genetic correlations; Heritability; Pinus pinaster; Spiral grain; Tree breeding; Wood density components

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; HERITABILITY; PLANT BREEDING; WOOD QUALITY;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 55049124114     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2008054     Document Type: Article

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