Search Results - "Apiolaza, Luis"

Selection history affects very early expression of wood properties in Pinus radiata by Apiolaza, Luis A., Sharma, Monika

“…Trees in breeding programmes are often selected at 1/4–1/3 of rotation, called ‘early selection’, which is typically between 8 and 10 years in radiata pine…”
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Non-Destructive Evaluation Techniques and What They Tell Us about Wood Property Variation by Laurence Schimleck, Joseph Dahlen, Luis A. Apiolaza, Geoff Downes, Grant Emms, Robert Evans, John Moore, Luc Pâques, Jan Van den Bulcke, Xiping Wang

“…To maximize utilization of our forest resources, detailed knowledge of wood property variation and the impacts this has on end-product performance is required…”
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Improvement of non-key traits in radiata pine breeding programme when long-term economic importance is uncertain by Li, Yongjun

“…Develops a number of desired-gain selection indices to incorporate non-key traits (NKT) such as external resin bleeding, internal checking, and heartwood…”
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Genetic variation in heartwood properties and growth traits of Eucalyptus bosistoana by Li, Yanjie, Apiolaza, Luis A., Altaner, Clemens

“…Forty-one E. bosistoana families were evaluated for the production of heartwood quantity and quality in two sites. High estimated heritabilities of heartwood…”
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Variation and genetic parameters of axial resin canal features in clones and families of Pinus radiata by Govina, James Kudjo, Apiolaza, Luis A., Altaner, Clemens M.

“…Resin canal features are associated with significant economic losses to appearance grade Pinus radiata timber. This study investigated the variation in resin…”
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Very early selection for solid wood quality: screening for early winners by Apiolaza, Luis A.

“…• This article reviews the theoretical basis for indirect selection — where early selection is an example — and how correlated response is calculated. • The…”
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Genetic variation in wood properties of mid-rotation age Eucalyptus globoidea by Iyiola, Ebenezer A, Altaner, Clemens, Apiolaza, Luis A

“…Assesses the genetic variation in wood properties at mid-rotation age (8-year-old) of 141 Eucalyptus globoidea families for heartwood diameter, diameter under…”
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Basic density of radiata pine in New Zealand: genetic and environmental factors by Apiolaza, Luis A

“…Wood basic density is among the selection criteria for many fast-grown tree species, including Pinus radiata D. Don in New Zealand. Basic density was assessed…”
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A test of the 'genetic rescue' technique using bottlenecked donor populations of Drosophila melanogaster by Heber, Sol, Briskie, James V, Apiolaza, Luis A

“…We produced replicated experimental lines of inbred fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster to test the effects of crossing different bottlenecked populations as a…”
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Modelling the influence of radiata pine log variables on structural lumber production by Gavilán, Elvis, Alzamora, Rosa M., Apiolaza, Luis A., Sáez, Katia, Elissetche, Juan Pedro, Pinto, Antonio

“…We run logit models to explain the variability of Pinus radiata structural lumber in 71 second and third unpruned logs. The response variable was the…”
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Linking changes to breeding objectives and genetic evaluation to genetic gain in New Zealand by Apiolaza, Luis A.

“…This article uses the breeder’s equation, which predicts genetic gain in breeding programs, to frame a general discussion on breeding objectives, new…”
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Heritability of growth strain in Eucalyptus bosistoana : a Bayesian approach with left-censored data by Davies, Nicholas Tuatahi, Apiolaza, Luis A, Sharma, Monika

“…Estimates the narrow-sense heritabilities of the wood properties of 2-year-old Eucalyptus bosistoana F. Muell. from 623 stems from 40 half-sibling families,…”
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Methods for the very early selection of Pinus radiata D. Don. for solid wood products by Chauhan, Shakti S, Sharma, Monika, Thomas, Jimmy, Apiolaza, Luis A, Collings, David A, Walker, John C. F

“…• INTRODUCTION : There has been an increasing interest in very early selection of radiata pine to reduce the breeding cycle for solid wood products. For such…”
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Elastic constants of green Pinus radiata wood by Davies, Nicholas T., Altaner, Clemens M., Apiolaza, Luis A.

“…Background Mathematical modelling is often used to investigate phenomena difficult or impossible to measure experimentally. Findings This paper presents the…”
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Building deployment portfolios for genotypes under performance instability by Apiolaza, Luis, Alzamora, Rosa

“…We used portfolio theory to analyze the tradeoffs between returns and performance instability of deployment units for Pinus radiata D. Don. We considered three…”
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Characterization of mechanically perturbed young stems: can it be used for wood quality screening? by Apiolaza, Luis A., Butterfield, Brian, Chauhan, Shakti S., Walker, John C. F.

“…• Introduction Genetic testing is the slowest part of a breeding cycle. There is a growing interest in early wood quality screening methodologies. We…”
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Trial heterogeneity and variance models in the genetic evaluation of potato tuber yield by Paget, Mark F., Alspach, Peter A., Anderson, John A.D., Genet, Russell A., Apiolaza, Luis A.

“…Genetic evaluation aims to identify genotypes with high empirical breeding values (EBVs) for selection as parents. In this study, 2157 potato genotypes were…”
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Using a production approach to estimate economic weights for structural attributes of Pinus radiata wood by Alzamora, Rosa M, Apiolaza, Luis A, Evison, David C

“…We modeled the technical relationships between volume of Pinus radiata D. Don structural lumber (with stiffness>8 GPa) and log attributes using a stochastic…”
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Hedonic Approach to Value Pinus radiata Log Traits for Appearance-Grade Lumber Production by Alzamora, Rosa M, Apiolaza, Luis A

“…This study used a hedonic approach to estimate the economic value of radiata pine log attributes (small-end diameter, form, and internode length) for…”
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Genetic control of very early compression and opposite wood in Pinus radiata and its implications for selection by Apiolaza, Luis A, Chauhan, Shakti S, Walker, John C. F

“…The long time frame for evaluating selection candidates is a major barrier to the deployment of genetic gain from tree breeding programs. This situation is…”
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