The importance and type of non-additive genetic effects for growth in Eucalyptus globulus

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 327-337

  Araújo, José A ^a   Borralho, Nuno M G ^b,c,d   Dehon, Gabriel ^a  

^a RAIZ Instituto de Investigacao da Floresta e Papel   (Portugal)

^b BorralhoIdea Consulting   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Genetic variance; Tree improvement

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 84858619966     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-011-0443-x     Document Type: Article

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