Download or read book Breeding for Improved Growth, Wood Quality, and Chemistry for Southern Pines by Combining Quantitative Genetics and Association Mapping written by Xiaobo Li and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: In the economically important southern pine species, loblolly and slash, the genetic architecture of wood chemistry and stiffness were determined and association genetics was used to identify genes that potentially regulate these economically important traits in loblolly pine.