Determining the Optimal Age For Selection by Modelling the Age-Related Trends in Genetic Parameters in Eucalyptus Hybrid Populations

Cirad Biological System Department, Research Unit “Genetic Diversity and Breeding of Forest Tree Species”, TA A-39/C Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398, Montpellier Cedex, France

P. Vigneron

Cirad Biological System Department, Research Unit “Genetic Diversity and Breeding of Forest Tree Species”, TA A-39/C Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398, Montpellier Cedex, France

E. Villar

Cirad Biological System Department, Research Unit “Genetic Diversity and Breeding of Forest Tree Species”, TA A-39/C Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398, Montpellier Cedex, France

UR2PI, Research Unit on the Productivity of Commercial Plantations, BP 1291, Pointe-Noire, Congo (Democratic Republic of the)

A. Saya

UR2PI, Research Unit on the Productivity of Commercial Plantations, BP 1291, Pointe-Noire, Congo (Democratic Republic of the)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sg-2009-0014 | Journal eISSN: 2509-8934 | Journal ISSN: 0037-5349

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Language: English

Page range: 102 - 112

Submitted on: Dec 21, 2007

Published on: Oct 19, 2017

Published by: Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute

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Keywords:

Eucalyptus,

volume,

reciprocal recurrent selection,

variance components,

heritability,

age-age correlation,

optimal age of selection.

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© 2017 Jean-Marc Bouvet, P. Vigneron, E. Villar, A. Saya, published by Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute
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Volume 58 (2009): Issue 1-6 (December 2009)