The influence of cambial age on breeding for wood properties in Picea glauca

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 641-653

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cambial age; Genetic correlations; Picea glauca (Moench) Voss; Selection efficiency; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 79956120837     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-011-0364-8     Document Type: Article

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