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Table 6 Phenotypic correlations (above the diagonal) and genetic correlations (below the diagonal) among growth and wood traits of trees from progeny trials in the boreal forest

From: Rapid assessment of wood traits for large-scale breeding selection in Picea mariana [Mill.] B.S.P.

Group of traits

 

Growth

Wood density

Intra-ring density

Modulus of elasticity

Variable

TH

DBH/TH

RW res

WD vol

WD pil

WD res

EWD res

LWD res

V fak

MoE fak+pil

Growth

TH

 

−0.06

0.24

−0.21

0.25

−0.09

−0.08

−0.06

0.10

−0.01

DBH/TH

−1.00

 

0.44

−0.29

0.32

−0.07

−0.07

−0.06

−0.36

−0.44

RW res

−0.27

0.72

 

−0.32

0.25

−0.02

−0.06

0.01

−0.25

−0.31

Wood density

WD vol

0.17

0.18

.

 

−0.44

0.30

0.27

0.27

0.22

0.37

WD pil

0.45

−0.43

−0.02

−0.70

 

−0.36

−0.34

−0.34

−0.09

−0.48

WD res

0.06

0.04

−0.78

0.35

−0.93

 

0.95

0.94

0.08

0.21

Intra-ring density

EWD res

0.14

−0.10

−1.00

0.24

−1.00

0.99

 

0.95

0.07

0.19

LWD res

0.17

−0.06

−1.00

0.30

−1.00

1.00

1.00

 

0.08

0.19

Modulus of elasticity

V fak

0.34

−0.23

−0.24

0.42

0.13

0.23

0.14

0.19

 

0.91

MoE fak+pil

0.24

−0.10

−0.16

0.64

−0.16

0.44

0.37

0.44

0.95

 
  1. See Table 5 for the definition of trait abbreviations