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Table 4 Efficiency of indirect selection on growth and wood quality traits

From: Estimating solid wood properties using Pilodyn and acoustic velocity on standing trees of Norway spruce

Benchmark traits

Indirect traits

AV24 (2.57 %)

AV 224 (5.23 %)

Pilo22 (10.85 %)

\( {\mathrm{MOE}}_{\left({\mathrm{AV}}^2+\mathrm{D}\right)} \) (14.45 %)

\( {\mathrm{MOE}}_{\left({\mathrm{AV}}^2+\mathrm{Pilo}\right)} \) (13.46 %)

Density21 (11.48 %)

0.26

0.26

−0.80

0.69

0.68

MFA21 (11.93 %)

−0.93

−0.94

0.46

−1.16

−1.00

MOE21 (15.08 %)

0.58

0.60

−0.78

0.98

0.92

DBH12 (20.12 %)

−0.13

−0.14

0.62

−0.46

−0.46

DBH21 (13.46 %)

−0.11

−0.12

0.82

−0.57

−0.58

Ht7 (20.32 %)

−0.06

−0.07

0.35

−0.25

−0.26

  1. the value in parenthesis represents genetic gain of direct selection for benchmark traits under selection intensity of 1 % (i = 2.67)