Genetic effects on wood quality traits of plantation-grown white spruce (Picea glauca) and their relationships with growth

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-311

  Park, Yill Sung ^a   Weng, Yuhui ^b   Mansfield, Shawn D ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Tree Improvement Office   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding strategy; Deployment strategy; Genetic parameters; Tree improvement; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 84858623218     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-011-0441-z     Document Type: Article

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