Genetic and environmental variation in heartwood colour of Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon R.Br.)

Holzforschung

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-359

  Bradbury, Gordon ^a,b   Potts, Brad M ^a,b   Beadle, Chris L ^c,d   Dutkowski, Greg ^e   Hamilton, Matthew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d University of Tasmania   (Australia)

^e PlantPlan Genetics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

CIELab; cubic spline; progeny; wood colour variation; wood quality

Indexed keywords

CIELAB; COLOUR MEASUREMENT; CUBIC-SPLINE; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS; HIGH QUALITY; MIXED MODELS; OPEN-POLLINATED FAMILIES; PROGENY; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; TIMBER SPECIES; WITHIN-TREE VARIATION;

HARDWOODS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPLINES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

COLOR;

COLOR VARIATION; EXTRACTIVES; HARDWOODS; PLANTS; PROGENY; WOOD PRODUCTS; WOOD PROPERTIES;

ACACIA MELANOXYLON; JUGLANS;

EID: 79956361369     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2011.042     Document Type: Article

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