Genetic variation and age-age correlations of Eucalyptus grandis at Dongmen Forest Farm in southern China

Australian Forestry

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 67-80

  Luo, J ^a   Zhou, G ^b   Wu, B ^b   Chen, D ^b   Cao, J ^a   Lu, W ^a   Pegg, R E ^b   Arnold, R J ^a  

^a China Eucalypt Research Centre   (China)

^b Dongmen Forest Farm ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; China; Correlation; Eucalyptus grandis; Genotype environment interaction; Growth; Heritability; Plantations; Provenance; Seed sources; Selection; Wood density

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY; GENES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HARDWOODS;

CHINA; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; PLANTATIONS; PROVENANCE; SEED SOURCE; SELECTION; WOOD DENSITY;

SEED;

AGE; CHINA; CORRELATION; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; GENES; GENOTYPES; GROWTH; HARDWOODS; HERITABILITY; PLANTATIONS; PROVENANCE; SEEDS; SELECTION; WOOD DENSITY;

EID: 77954638539     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2010.10676312     Document Type: Article

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