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Predicting Wood Density Using Resistance Drilling: The Effect of Instrument and Operator by Vilius Gendvilas, David J. Lee, Dominic P. Kain, Chandan Kumar, Geoff M. Downes, Marco Lausberg, Jonathan J. Harrington

“…The IML PD series Resi is an instrument designed to measure the drilling resistance of wood. Use of the IML PD series Resi instrument is rapidly becoming a…”
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Identification of a Cis-Acting Regulatory Polymorphism in a Eucalypt COBRA-Like Gene Affecting Cellulose Content by Thumma, Bala R, Matheson, Bronwyn A, Zhang, Deqiang, Meeske, Christian, Meder, Roger, Downes, Geoff M, Southerton, Simon G

“…Populations with low linkage disequilibrium (LD) offer unique opportunities to study functional variants influencing quantitative traits. We exploited the low…”
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Effect of stem guying on the incidence of resin pockets by Watt, Michael S., Downes, Geoff M., Jones, Trevor, Ottenschlaeger, Maria, Leckie, Alan C., Smaill, Simeon J., Kimberley, Mark O., Brownlie, Rod

“…Although resin pockets are a major cause of degrade for appearance grade timber, little is known about the environmental conditions that control the incidence…”
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Modelling the influence of stand structural, edaphic and climatic influences on juvenile Pinus radiata dynamic modulus of elasticity by Watt, Michael S., Moore, John R., Façon, Jean-Philippe, Downes, Geoff M., Clinton, Peter W., Coker, Graham, Davis, Murray R., Simcock, Robyn, Parfitt, Roger L., Dando, John, Mason, Euan G., Bown, Horacio E.

“…Data from a nationwide set of Pinus radiata site quality plots established at high stand densities and grown over a period of 4 years were analysed to (i)…”
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Modelling Environmental Variation in Young's Modulus for Pinus radiata and Implications for Determination of Critical Buckling Height by WATT, MICHAEL S, MOORE, JOHN R, FAÇON, JEAN-PHILIPPE, DOWNES, GEOFF M, CLINTON, PETER W, COKER, GRAHAM, DAVIS, MURRAY R, SIMCOCK, ROBYN, PARFITT, ROGER L, DANDO, JOHN, MASON, EUAN G, BOWN, HORACIO E

“…BACKGROUND: and Aims Although density-specific stiffness, E/ρ, (where E is Young's modulus and ρ is wood density) is often assumed constant by the elastic…”
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QTL analysis for growth and wood properties across multiple pedigrees and sites in Eucalyptus globulus by Freeman, Jules S, Potts, Brad M, Downes, Geoff M, Thavamanikumar, Saravanan, Pilbeam, David J, Hudson, Corey J, Vaillancourt, Rene E

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