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Table 2 Additive genetic (above diagonal) and phenotypic (below diagonal) correlations between growth traits (standard errors 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

 

Growth traits

Ring width traits

 

DBH

HGT

VOL

EWP

TWP

LWP

DBH

1

0.620 (0.155)

0.980 (0.00843)

0.427 (0.249)

−0.0621 (0.290)

−0.631 (0.170)

HGT

0.557 (0.0301)

1

0.681 (0.0841)

0.320 (0.263)

−0.133 (0.292)

−0.366 (0.224)

VOL

0. 876 (0.00815)

0.450 (0.0271)

1

0.295 (0.142)

−0.0831 (0.131)

−0.487 (0.117)

EWP

0.024 (0.0412)

−0.0221 (0.0458)

−0.0322 (0.0278)

1

−0.798 (0.102)

−0.514 (0.209)

TWP

0.100 (0.0443)

0.0558 (0.0454)

0.0411 (0.0248)

−0.894 (0.00921)

1

−0.396 (0.0651)

LWP

−0.262 (0.0421)

−0.0721 (0.0482)

−0.170 (0.0309)

−0.355 (0.0401)

−0.103 (0.045)

1