The potential for the genetic improvement of sawn timber traits in Picea abies

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 273-280

  Högberg, Karl Anders ^a   Hallingbäck, Henrik R ^b   Säll, Harald ^c   Johansson, Marie ^c   Jansson, Gunnar ^a  

^a THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Correlated response; Field measurements; Norway spruce; Quantitative genetics; Sawmill study; Structural quality traits

Indexed keywords

CORRELATED RESPONSE; FIELD MEASUREMENT; NORWAY SPRUCE; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; STRUCTURAL QUALITIES;

FORESTRY; TIMBER;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BARK; BREEDING; ELASTICITY; HERITABILITY; JUVENILE; MOISTURE CONTENT; POPULATION GENETICS; STIFFNESS; THINNING; TIMBER; TREE;

GENETICS; PICEA ABIES; PLANTS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAW MILLS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84897836787     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0382     Document Type: Article

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