Optimum selection age for wood density in loblolly

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  • F. E. Bridgwater
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Genetic and phenotypic parameters for core wood density of Pinus taedu L. were estimated for ages ranging from 5 to 25 years at two sites in southern United States. Heritability estimates on an individual-tree basis for core density were lower than expected (0.20-0.31). Age-age genetic correlations were higher than phenotypic correlations, particularly those involving young ages. Age--age genetic correlations were high, being greater than 0.75. Age-age genetic correlations had a moderately linear relationship, while age-age phenotypic correlations had a strong linear relationship with natural logarithm of age ratio. Optimum selection age for core density was estimated to be 5 years when calculations were based on both genetic and phenotypic correlations. However, age 5 was the youngest examined in this study and optimum selection age may be younger than 5. Generally, the optimum selection age was robust to changes in breeding phase and assumptions concerning age-related variation in heritability estimates. Early selection for core density would result in a correlated increase in earlywood density but little progress in latewood density or latewood proportion at maturity. RCsumC : Les auteurs ont estimk les parametres gCnCtiques et phknotypiques de la densite du bois juvknile de Pinus taeda L. pour les lges de 5 zi 25 ans Z I partir d’arbres sit&s sur deux sites dans le Sud des &tats-Unis. Lcs estimks d’hbritabilitt au sens strict pour la densit& du bois sont plus faibles que p&u (0,20-0,31). Lcs corrklations gtnttiques entre diffkrents Ages sont plus fortes que les corrtlations phtnotypiques, particukkement au stade juvtnile. Les co&lations g&nCtiques entre differents &es sont ClevCes et supkrieures B 0,7.5. Elles demontrent une relation IinCaire modtrte, alors que les corrClations phCnotypiques entre diffirents dges dCmontrent une forte relation IinCaire avec le logarithme nature1 du rapport des @es. L’ige optimal de Glection pour la densit du bois juvCnile est estimC Li 5 ans lorsque les calculs sont basks B la fois sur les corr8ations gCnCtiques et phCnotypiques. Toutefois, 5 ans est 1’8ge le plus pricoce qui a ttC &udik et I’Lge optimal de sklection pourrait &tre infkrieur j 5 ans. Gkntralement, I’Bge optimal de sklection est peu affect& par ies changements de stades d’amklioration et par les hypothkses concernant la variation des estimks d’htritabilitk like & I’dge. La sklection en bas gge pour la densitk du bois juvtnile devrait se traduire par une augmentation correspondante de la densit du bois initial. mais peu d’augmentation de la densit& du bois final ou de la proportion de bois final a maturitt. [Traduit par la Redaction]

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تاریخ انتشار 2004