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Table 3 Growth and wood traits from two progeny trials of Eucalyptus pellita established in Vietnam

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

Traita

Trial

Mean

Rangeb

\( {\widehat{h}}^2 \)

\( {\widehat{P}}^2 \)

Min

Max

Diameter (cm)

Pleiku

16.8 (0.2)

10.8

25.5

0.14 (0.08)

0.01 (0.02)

Bau Bang

21.0 (0.3)

9.3

34

0.33 (0.11)

0.04 (0.04)

Density (kg/m3)

Pleiku

657 (3)

554

829

0.23 (0.13)

0.04 (0.04)

Bau Bang

665 (3)

569

779

0.25 (0.10)

0.05 (0.04)

Kraft pulp yield (%)

Pleiku

46.8 (0.1)

42.6

51.7

0.29 (0.14)

0.03 (0.02)

Bau Bang

45.5 (0.2)

39.3

50.3

0.47 (0.13)

0.11 (0.07)

Modulus of elasticity (GPa)

Pleiku

19.0 (0.2)

13.3

27

0.36 (0.14)

0.03 (0.03)

Bau Bang

19.5 (0.2)

13.6

29.5

0.51 (0.14)

0.10 (0.07)

Microfibril angle (°)

Pleiku

15.1 (0.1)

11

18.7

0.14 (0.12)

0.02 (0.02)

Bau Bang

14.5 (0.2)

9

19

0.48 (0.13)

0.10 (0.06)

  1. Overall mean, range of variation, estimates of biased narrow-sense heritability and seed source proportion of phenotypic variance from single-trial analyses (standard errors of means in parentheses)
  2. aDiameter = diameter at breast height over bark
  3. bMinimum and maximum values of individual traits observed in each trial