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Quantitative trait loci influencing forking defects in an outbred pedigree of loblolly pine.
BMC genetics - 18 Oct 2016
Xiong Jin S, McKeand Steven E, Isik Fikret, Wegrzyn Jill, Neale David B, Zeng Zhao-Bang, da Costa E Silva Luciano, Whetten Ross W
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BACKGROUND: The use of wood as an industrial raw material has led to development of plantation forestry, in which trees are planted, managed, and harvested as crops. The productivity of such plantations often exceeds that of less-intensively-managed forests, and land managers have the option of choosing specific planting stock to produce specific types of wood for industrial use. Stem forking, or division of the...
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