Genetic control of wood properties in Picea glauca - An analysis of trends with cambial age

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 703-715

  Lenz, Patrick ^a,b   Cloutier, Alain ^a   MacKay, John ^a   Beaulieu, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBIAL AGE; CELL DIAMETERS; CELL-WALL THICKNESS; END-USES; FIBRE SURFACES; GENETIC CONTROL; GENETIC GAIN; GROWTH RINGS; HERITABILITY ESTIMATES; HIGH RESOLUTION; INCREMENT CORE; JUVENILE WOODS; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MICROFIBRIL ANGLES; MODULUS OF ELASTICITY; OPEN-POLLINATED FAMILIES; PAPER QUALITY; PICEA GLAUCA; RING WIDTH; SILVISCAN TECHNOLOGY; TRACHEID DIAMETER; TREE HEIGHT; TREE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; WHITE SPRUCE; WOOD DENSITY;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; HARDWOODS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FORESTRY;

ANATOMY; CONIFEROUS TREE; ELASTIC MODULUS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; HERITABILITY; JUVENILE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TREE RING; WOOD QUALITY;

CELL WALL THICKNESS; DIAMETER; ELASTIC STRENGTH; FIBERS; FIBRILS; FINENESS; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HARDWOODS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PICEA ENGELMANNII; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD PROPERTIES;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 77951690900     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-014     Document Type: Article

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