Genetic parameters and provenance variation of Pinus radiata D. Don. 'Eldridge collection' in Australia 2: Wood properties

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 895-910

  Gapare, Washington J ^a   Ivkovic M ^a   Dillon, Shannon K ^a   Chen, Fiona ^a   Evans, Robert ^a   Wu, Harry X ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Density; Genetic parameters; Microfibril angle; Modulus of elasticity; Pinus radiata; Provenances

Indexed keywords

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 84865538868     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-012-0475-x     Document Type: Article

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