A transcriptomic approach to identify genes associated with wood density in picea sitchensis

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 11, 2011, Pages 82-96

  Stephenson, Patrick G ^a   Harris, Nicole ^a   Cottrell, Joan E ^b   Ralph, Steven G ^c   Bohlmann, JÖerg ^d   Taylor, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microarray; Spruce; Transcriptome; Wood density; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

BREEDING PROGRAMMES; CELL WALL SYNTHESIS; DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSIONS; MICROARRAY EXPERIMENTS; NATURAL VARIATION; PLANT PATHOGEN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITKA SPRUCE; SPRUCE; TIMBER QUALITY; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSCRIPTOMES; WOOD DENSITY; XYLEM TISSUES;

GENE EXPRESSION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TISSUE;

HARDWOODS;

ENZYMES; GENES; HARDWOODS; INDUSTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; PICEA SITCHENSIS; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD PROPERTIES;

PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 79957791071     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2011.564405     Document Type: Article

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