PROVENANCE AND FAMILY VARIATION IN HEIGHT AND DIAMETER GROWTH OF CUPRESSUS-LUSITANICA MILL ART 28 MONTHS IN COSTA-RICA

Authors
CORNELIUS J APEDAILE L MESEN F
Citation
J. Cornelius et al., PROVENANCE AND FAMILY VARIATION IN HEIGHT AND DIAMETER GROWTH OF CUPRESSUS-LUSITANICA MILL ART 28 MONTHS IN COSTA-RICA, Silvae Genetica, 45(2-3), 1996, pp. 82-85
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Forestry
Journal title
Silvae Genetica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00375349
Volume
45
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
82 - 85
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-5349(1996)45:2-3<82:PAFVIH>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Results of a provenance/progeny trial of Cupressus lusitanica in Costa Rica are described. At age 28 months, progeny of plus-trees selected primarily for stem straightness and cylindricity had grown significant ly faster than three commercial controls and a seedlot produced from a Colombian clonal seed orchard. The estimated values of additive genet ic coefficients of variation (10.2% to 15.9%) and heritabilities (0.12 to 0.21) were within the ranges typically found in forest trees. Ther e was no evidence for important differences between the Costa Rican, d erived provenances.