Genetics of physical wood properties and early growth in a tropical pine hybrid

Shepherd, Mervyn; Cross, Michael; Dieters, Mark J; Harding, Kevin; Kain, Dominic; Henry, Robert

Genetics of physical wood properties and early growth in a tropical pine hybrid

Date

2003

Authors

Shepherd, Mervyn

Cross, Michael

Dieters, Mark J

Harding, Kevin

Kain, Dominic

Henry, Robert

Publisher

NRC Research Press

Abstract

Quantitative trait locus (QTL) detection was carried out for physical wood properties and early growth traits in an interspecific hybrid between Pinus elliottii var. elliottii Engelm. and Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis (Sénécl) Barr. et Golf. A pseudo-