Genetic correlations among juvenile wood quality and growth traits and implications for selection strategy in Pinus radiata D. Don

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 606-606

  Gapare, Washington J ^a   Baltunis, Brian S ^a   Ivković, Miloš ^a   Wu, Harry X ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Index selection; Radiata pine; Selection strategy; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; SELECTIVE BREEDING; STIFFNESS; WOOD QUALITY;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 69849100898     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009044     Document Type: Article

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