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Age trends of genetic parameters of spiral grain in hybrid larch F1 and implications for efficiency of early selection

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Age trends in variance components and heritability were estimated from the spiral grain angle of rings 2–25, as counted from the pith in hybrid larch (Larix gmelinii var. japonica × Larix kaempferi) F1. Age-age genetic and phenotypic correlations and the optimum selection age for spiral grain were also calculated. Wood samples were collected from 95 29-year-old trees belonging to 19 full-sib families in a progeny test plantation in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Spiral grain angle data were obtained by the splitting method. Mean grain angles at growth rings used for the analyses were calculated as the arithmetic mean of angles up to respective rings. Generally, the additive genetic variance for mean grain angle decreased with increasing ring number. Although dominance variance was comparatively high near the pith, it decreased to zero in subsequent growth rings. Highest heritability estimates of mean grain angle occurred at ring 4 and then declined with age, ranging from 0.45 down to 0.20. Age-age phenotypic correlations were higher than genetic correlations, especially those involving early growth rings. Optimum selection ages for spiral grain based on genetic and phenotypic correlations were estimated as 3 and 4 years (cambial age), respectively, in which maximum gain efficiency per year were obtained.

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  1. Hokkaido Forest Products Research Institute, Asahikawa, 071-0198, Japan

    Takaaki Fujimoto & Hisashi Akutsu

  2. Hokkaido Forestry Research Institute, Bibai, 079-0198, Japan

    Kazuhito Kita, Kazuko Uchiyama & Makoto Kuromaru

  3. Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

    Kazuyuki Oda

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Fujimoto, T., Akutsu, H., Kita, K. et al. Age trends of genetic parameters of spiral grain in hybrid larch F1 and implications for efficiency of early selection. J Wood Sci 52, 101–106 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-005-0735-6

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