Genetics of wood quality attributes in Western Larch

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 415-424

  Ratcliffe, Blaise ^a   Hart, Foster J ^a   Klápště, Jaroslav ^a,c   Jaquish, Barry ^b   Mansfield, Shawn D ^a   El Kassaby, Yousry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations   (Canada)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Heritability; In situ wood quality assessment; Modulus of elasticity; Western larch; Wood density; X ray densitometry

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENSITY; DIAMETER; ELASTIC MODULUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; HERITABILITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; SELECTIVE BREEDING; WOOD QUALITY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84898841335     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0349-x     Document Type: Article

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