Genetic improvement of sawtimber potential in loblolly pine

Forest Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-177

  Patrick Cumbie, W ^a   Isik, Fikret ^b   McKeand, Steven E ^b  

^a ArborGen LLC   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Genetic gain; Heritability; Pinus taeda; Tree improvement

Indexed keywords

GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC GAIN; HERITABILITY; PINUS TAEDA; TREE IMPROVEMENT;

SAWING;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; PINUS TAEDA; SAWING; TREES;

EID: 84862642813     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.09-060     Document Type: Article

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