Genetic stability of wood density and diameter in Pinus radiata D. Don plantation estate across Australia

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-125

  Gapare, Washington J ^a   Ivkovic M ^a   Baltunis, Brian S ^a   Matheson, Colin A ^a   Wu, Harry X ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Full sibs; Genetic correlation; Genotype by environment interaction; Pinus radiata

Indexed keywords

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 71049183533     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-009-0233-x     Document Type: Article

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