Does selecting for improved growth affect wood quality of Pinus pinaster in Portugal?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-121

  Gaspar, Maria João ^a   Lousada, José Luís ^b   Rodrigues, José Carlos ^c   Aguiar, Alexandre ^d   Almeida, Maria Helena ^e  

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

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

^c Instituto Investigação Científica Tropical IICT Tapada da Ajuda   (Portugal)

^d L INIA   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Genetics; Growth; Pinus pinaster; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

CLONAL SEED ORCHARDS; EARLYWOOD; GENETIC CONTROLS; GENETIC SELECTIONS; GENETICS; GROWTH; LATEWOOD; LIGNIN CONTENTS; MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS; MODULUS OF ELASTICITIES; MODULUS OF RUPTURES; PHENOTYPIC CORRELATIONS; PINUS PINASTER; PORTUGAL; SELECTION CRITERION; SPIRAL GRAINS; WOOD DENSITIES;

CHROMOSOMES; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HARDWOODS; LIGNIN; POLYMORPHISM;

GRAIN GROWTH;

CONIFEROUS TREE; GENETICS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGNIN; WOOD QUALITY;

ELASTIC STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH; HARDWOODS; LIGNINS; PINUS PINASTER; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD PROPERTIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 65549103235     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.03.046     Document Type: Article

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