[PDF] Top 20 An evaluation of selection for volume growth in loblolly pine

... Type B genetic correlations give an indication of the importance of genotype by environment interaction. If the correlation is high (generally > 0.67), then GxE is considered to be of minimal concern in breeding and ... See full document

... herbicide(s) selection and application methods can be made easier by appropriate scouting and problem identification. Variables such as soil type, plant species presence, density and size, timing of application, ... See full document

... Cubic-foot volume equations for loblolly pine tree in cutover site-prepared ...R.: Selection efficiency in a nonselected population of loblolly ...in loblolly seedlings from ... See full document

... lignin content (Lignin), latewood percentage at year 4 (LateWood), wood specific gravity (Density), and 5- and 6-carbon sugar content (C5C6) were measured only in two repetitions, in the high-intensity culture (Baltunis ... See full document

... Fourteen full-sib families of loblolly pine produced by a six-parent disconnected half-diallel mating design were sam- pled from four test sites in South Carolina, U.S.A. Families were selected from the ... See full document

... of loblolly pine), found rates of loblolly pine mortality were most sensitive to summer maximum temperature (Dietze & Moorcroft, ...trait selection and length of breeding ... See full document

... in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda ...family selection with selection differential of ...that selection for growth alone will negatively impact forking in loblolly ... See full document

... Foresters have not used special methods to treat these special points, but have instead relied on traditional methods for estimating parameters. Under these circumstances, truncating data or deleting censored data are ... See full document

... aided selection (MAS) in plant species has focused on few large effect ...from selection on QTL resulted in varied levels of gain (Heffner et ...genomic selection in which markers are used across the ... See full document

... simply not maintained throughout the rotation to be captured at harvest. The second possibility is that environmental noise of a magnitude sufficient to mask differences due to genetic factors is present. In these ... See full document

... with loblolly pine (Weber and Stelzer ...propagules’ growth corresponded to that of seedlings, there- fore earlier studies were designed to test whether cuttings grew similarly to ...that ... See full document

... scion growth and reproduction were studied in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda ...crown volume index, and DBH and significant site × scion interactions for strobili counts and cone ...scion ... See full document

... of loblolly pine, even though the magnitude and significance of these kinds of treatment effects vary with stand age, site conditions, water supply, and level of silvicultural input (Megraw 1985; Albaugh et ... See full document

... Inbreeding can increase rapidly in intensively selected breeding populations and is detrimental in outcrossing species such as loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). Managing inbreeding and the deleterious effects ... See full document

... slash pine (Pinus elliottii ...a selection experiment designed to assess the efficacy of directional selection as a means to improve resin production in ...of selection resulted in increased ... See full document

... 1996). Growth and adaptation of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda ...of loblolly pine (Schmidtling and Nelson ...of loblolly grow faster than Piedmont sources, but they are more ... See full document

... Gymnosperms are represented by just four divisions: Pinophyta (conifers), Cycadophyta (cycads), Gnetophyta (gnetophytes), and Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo). Their genome sizes range considerably, but are generally large, between ... See full document

... root growth of mustard seed (Sinapis alba) and found that metal addition had minimal toxic effect on mustard seed germination, but reduced root growth and nutrient ... See full document

... between PINE and SWITCH can be attributed to their differences in phenology and ...maximum growth during the growing season is ...height growth in mid-July and early October, respectively ...hand, ... See full document

... Southern pine beetle (SPB), Dendroctonus frontalis ...of loblolly pine in the United States and causes more damage than any other forest insect in the southern USA (Drooz ... See full document