Genetic gains in wood property can be achieved by indirect selection and nondestructive measurements in full-sib families of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica. D. Don) plus tree clones

Table 3 Phenotypic and genetic correlation coefficients obtained from correlations between each trait

		Genetic correlation coefficients
	Trait	H	DBH	DMOE	BD_mean	BD1	BD2	BD3	SWV	PP
Phenotypic correlation coefficients	H		0.790	0.218	0.124	0.184	0.204	0.071	0.317	0.079
	DBH	0.808		0.106	−0.074	−0.001	0.033	−0.165	0.263	0.300
	DMOE	0.023	−0.237		0.347	0.438	0.319	0.262	0.901	−0.092
	BD_mean	−0.287	−0.331	0.283		0.786	0.948	0.918	0.224	−0.797
	BD1	−0.458	−0.489	0.321	0.729		0.717	0.604	0.253	−0.534
	BD2	−0.187	−0.196	0.223	0.920	0.615		0.833	0.248	−0.730
	BD3	−0.175	−0. 43	0.202	0.873	0.452	0.735		0.158	−0.870
	SWV	0.238	0.029	0.847	0.096	0.056	0.085	0.091		0.040
	PP	0.395	0.410	−0.043	−0.72 9	−0.42 9	−0.632	−0.768	0.124

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