Development of economic forest tree breeding objectives: Review of existing methodology and discussion of its application in Swedish conditions

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 681-691

  Berlin, Mats ^a   Jansson, Gunnar ^a   Lönnstedt, Lars ^b   Danell, Öje ^b   Ericsson, Tore ^a  

^a THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breeding objective; discount rate; economic weights; forest trees; long rotations; selection

Indexed keywords

BREEDING OBJECTIVES; DISCOUNT RATES; ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE; FOREST TREES; GENERAL METHODOLOGIES; GENETIC CHANGES; GENETIC SELECTION; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL USE; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SELECTION; SHORT ROTATION; TREE BREEDING; WOOD ENGINEERING;

ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

FORESTRY;

BREEDING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; ROTATION; SELECTION; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866745494     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2012.672586     Document Type: Article

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