Genetic variation in Eucalyptus nitens pulpwood and wood shrinkage traits

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-316

  Hamilton, Matthew G ^a   Raymond, Carolyn A ^b   Harwood, Chris E ^c   Potts, Brad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO Forest Biosciences and Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Cellulose content; Collapse; Density; Eucalyptus nitens; Genetic correlation; Genetic variation; Growth; Heritability; Pulpwood; Sawn timber; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS;

EID: 61349125500     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-008-0179-4     Document Type: Article

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