Inheritance of density, microfibril angle, and modulus of elasticity in juvenile wood of Pinus radiata at two locations in Australia

Abstract

A total of 1640 increment cores from 343 radiata pine (Pinus radiata D. Don) families were sampled at two second-generation progeny trials, aged 6 and 7 years, for a detailed genetic study of juvenile wood quality traits. Density, microfibril angle (MFA), and modulus of elasticity (MOE) were determined from pith to bark using SilviScan (R) technology. Heritability was greatest for area-weighted density at the two sites (0.63 and 0.77, respectively), and the lowest for growth traits (

Published in

Canadian Journal of Forest Research
2007, volume: 37, number: 11, pages: 2164-2174

SLU Authors

• Wu, Harry

  • Ensis Genetics

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/X07-061

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/118816