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The expansion of forest plantations to supply the wood market requires selection of genotypes that can provide high gains, which may compromise long-term tree breeding programs. With the final purpose of producing quality sawn wood, the aims of this study were to: (a) estimate genetic parameters for a progeny/provenance test of Plathymenia foliolosa Benth; (b) carry out optimized selection based on an inbreeding rate (F) from 0 to 7% in progeny/provenance tests evaluated at 35 months for P. foliolosa and Cordia trichotoma (Vell.) Arrab. ex Steud, and at 42 months for Zeyheria tuberculosa (Vell.) Bureau ex Verl.; (c) develop a practical index for balancing gains and F; d) and indicate the most appropriate genetic base structure based on effective population size (\({\text{N}}_{{\text{e}}}\)) to subsidize conservation strategies, breeding programs, and clonal orchard with those species native from Brazil. Diameters at breast height (DBH) were obtained in progeny/provenance tests conducted in the south of Bahia–Brazil. For P. foliolosa, the moderated heritability (h2a) value of 0.55 demonstrated favorable conditions for selection based on DBH. For this trait, there is better possibility of achieving progressive gains by exploiting genetic variability into the families (CVgi). Simulation of scenarios without optimization for P. foliolosa, C. trichotoma and Z. tuberculosa showed a high possibility of gains for breeding programs, ranging between 95.6 and 311.05%. However, in those scenarios, high rates of F were also observed. For the three species, selection based on the selection optimization index (SOI) was proposed in order to balance ideal increments in genetic gains and maintenance of genetic diversity. With the use of SOI, it was possible to simulate selection of scenarios with good prospects of gain balanced with \({\text{N}}_{{\text{e}}}\) in a practical and direct manner for germplasm conservation strategies, production of improved seeds in clonal orchards, and tracking recombination cycles within breeding populations.
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The authors thank the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPQ) for the financial support, Grant No.: 433173/2018-1, and the Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia (UFSB) and Symbiosis Investimentos e Participações S. A. for their support in field experimental assays. The first author was recipient of a scholarship from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), during her doctorate course in the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Produção Vegetal da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC).
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dos Santos, A.P., Nunes, A.C.P., Corrêa, R.X. et al. Genetic diversity and selection gains in progeny tests of tropical forest species: a two-way road for the future. New Forests (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-023-10015-9
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