Estimates of genetic parameters for growth and wood properties in Eucalyptus pellita F. Muell. to support tree breeding in Vietnam

Table 1 Location and design details of the E. pellita open-pollinated progeny trials established in Vietnam

Description	Trial
Description	1	2
Location	Pleiku-Gia Lai	Bau Bang-Binh Duong
Latitude	13° 58′ N	11° 16′ N
Longitude	108° 01′ E	106° 37′ E
Elevation (m asl)	780	45
Mean annual precipitation (mm)	1,900	2,200
Genetic material^a	9 (94)	9 (98)
Number of replicates	6	8
Number of trees per plot^b	4	4
Initial spacing	4 × 1.5 m	4 × 1.5 m
No. of trees at establishment^b	2,496	4,200
No. of trees after thinning^c	657	470
Planted date	Sep 2002	Oct 2002

^aGenetic material included in trials with number of seed sources followed by the total number of families in parentheses
^bNumber of trees at establishment. Each four-tree row plot consists of a single open-pollinated family
^cNumber of trees at the time of assessment in 2012 after the second thinning that retained the one best tree per plot

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