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Inheritance of spiral grain in the juvenile core of Pinus radiata

Date

Authors

Gapare, Washington

Hathorn, Adrian

Kain, Dominic

Matheson, Colin

Wu, Harry

Publisher

NRC Research Press

Abstract

Spiral grain is the angular arrangement of fibres in a tangential plane with reference to the pith or vertical tree axis. Spiral grain angles exceeding 5° can cause wood to twist, which may result in a considerable amount of waste and degrade. We assesse

Keywords

Keywords: Correlation methods; Wastes; Wood; Progeny tests; Radiata pines; Spiral grain angles; Vertical tree axis; Forestry; coniferous tree; evolutionarily stable strategy; genotype; heritability; juvenile; natural selection; tree ring; Correlation; Forestry; Was

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/59544

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1139/X06-202

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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