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Table 1 The average, range, genetic (σa) and phenotypic (σP) standard deviations, genetic (CV A ) and phenotypic (CV P ) coefficients of variation, and narrow-sense heritability (h 2) for the six growth, fiber, and 11 wood quality traits (standard errors for h 2 presented within the parenthesis)

From: High negative genetic correlations between growth traits and wood properties suggest incorporating multiple traits selection including economic weights for the future Scots pine breeding programs

Trait

Min

Max

Mean

σa

CV A (%)

σP

CV p (%)

h 2

Wood quantity traits

 DBH (mm)

82.0

314

196

15.0

7.65

30.8

15.7

0.238 (0.0791)

 HGT (dm)

102

196

162

7.07

4.36

13.5

8.33

0.273 (0.0883)

 VOL (dm3)

46.0

746

332

55.1

16.6

112

33.8

0.243 (0.0844)

 EWP (%)

36.1

67.2

55.2

1.85

3.35

4.43

8.02

0.174 (0.0572)

 TWP (%)

18.2

45.3

29.5

1.60

5.42

4.17

14.1

0.147 (0.0653)

 LWP (%)

9.21

22.8

15.3

1.11

7.25

2.01

13.1

0.306 (0.0954)

Wood and fiber quality traits

 DEN (kg/m3)

364

597

447

20.1

4.50

31.2

6.98

0.417 (0.100)

 EWD (kg/m3)

280

410

331

12.8

3.87

20.4

6.16

0.399 (0.101)

 TWD (kg/m3)

376

660

497

21.9

4.41

34.1

6.86

0.417 (0.102)

 LWD (kg/m3)

590

905

763

33.6

4.40

50.1

6.57

0.449 (0.101)

 FRW (μm)

16.9

38.4

33.4

1.08

3.23

1.62

4.85

0.449 (0.111)

 FTW (μm)

14.0

35.5

28.6

0.67

2.34

1.31

4.58

0.260 (0.0891)

 FWT (μm)

1.22

3.36

2.45

0.13

5.31

0.191

7.80

0.438 (0.110)

 FMC (μg/m)

202

522

405

23.1

5.71

32.0

7.90

0.524 (0.117)

 MFA (°)

7.77

36.7

17.3

2.17

12.5

4.22

24.4

0.264 (0.0791)

 MOEs (Gpa)

2.77

15.9

10.2

1.14

11.1

1.86

18.2

0.377 (0.101)

 MOEtof (Gpa)

3.44

11.2

6.68

0.91

13.6

1.36

20.3

0.447 (0.104)

  1. DBH diameter at breast height, HGT tree height, VOL stem volume of individual tree, EWP earlywood width proportion, TWP transition wood width proportion, LWP latewood width proportion, DEN area-weighted mean wood density, EWD area-weighted earlywood density, TWD area-weighted transition wood density, LWD area-weighted latewood density (densities from SilviScan measurements), FRW fiber width in the radial direction in the stem, FTW fiber width in the tangential direction in the stem, FWT fiber wall thickness, FMC fiber coarseness, MFA microfibril angle, MOE s modulus of elasticity estimated using SilviScan-3, MOE tof modulus of elasticity estimated using VEL and DEN