Genetic improvement of white spruce mechanical wood traits-early screening by means of acoustic velocity

Forests

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 575-594

  Lenz, Patrick ^a,b   Auty, David ^a   Achim, Alexis ^a   Beaulieu, Jean ^b   Mackay, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic velocity; Selection efficiency; ST300; Tree breeding; White spruce; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE MICROFIBRIL ANGLE (MFA); DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; HEIGHT-TO-DIAMETER RATIO; ST300; TREE BREEDING; VELOCITY DETERMINATION; WHITE SPRUCE; WOOD QUALITIES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; HARDWOODS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FORESTRY;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; CELLULOSE; GENETICS; GROWTH RATE; PHENOTYPE; TREE; WOOD;

ACOUSTICS; BREEDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PICEA ENGELMANNII; SENSORS; VELOCITY; WOOD PROPERTIES;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 84888801953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f4030575     Document Type: Article

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