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Preponderance of additive and non-additive variances for growth, ecophysiological and wood traits in Eucalyptus hybrid genotype-by-spacing interaction

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The objective of this study was to better understand the underlying gene action in eucalyptus, under different plantation densities, for a different set of traits: growth, bark thickness, ecophysiological, and wood chemical property traits. We estimated the magnitude and relative proportion of the various genetic variance components using a eucalyptus genotype by spacing (G × S) interaction experiment. A clonally replicated progeny test including 888 clones belonging to 64 full-sib families of Eucalyptus urophylla × Eucalyptus grandis hybrid was used to estimate genetic parameters using genomic information to assess relationship matrix. Two densities (833 and 2500 trees/ha) were used representing contrasted environments in terms of individual tree available resource. Results showed that for height and circumference, additive-by-spacing (A × S) interaction variance increased from 18 to 55 months old, while dominance-by-spacing (D × S) interaction variance decreased. For bark thickness, specific leaf area, nitrogen, calcium, and magnesium, A × S interaction variance was preponderant. For wood chemical properties, except with Klason lignin, genetic additive effects strongly interacted with spacing compared to non-additive effects.

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We are grateful to Philippe Vigneron for his contribution to the designed trial. We thank Crisley Ulrich Mayinguidi and all the technical team of CRDPI for maintaining the trial and for data collection. We would like also to thank Anne Clément-Vidal and Armelle Soutiras for their assistance with NIRS measurement, and Gilles Chaix for his assistance with the NIRS analysis. The authors thank the reviewers for their comments, which helped us improve the manuscript.

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  1. ENSAF, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie Et de Foresterie, Université Marien NGOUABI, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

    Chrissy Garel Makouanzi Ekomono

  2. Centre de Recherche Sur La Durabilité Et La Productivité Des Plantations Industrielles, CRDPI, Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo

    Chrissy Garel Makouanzi Ekomono

  3. Institut National de Recherche Forestière, IRF, Cité Scientifique de Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

    Chrissy Garel Makouanzi Ekomono

  4. CIRAD, Dispositif de Recherche Et d’Enseignement en Partenariat “Forêt Et Biodiversité À Madagascar”, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar

    Tahina Rambolarimanana & Jean-Marc Bouvet

  5. UMR AGAP, Amélioration Génétique Et Adaptation Des Plantes Tropicales Et Méditerranéennes, CIRAD, Montpellier, France

    Jean-Marc Bouvet

  6. Montpellier Sup-Agro, AGAP, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier, France

    Jean-Marc Bouvet

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CGME designed the trial. CGME and JMB supervised the collection of the field data. Near-infrared spectroscopy analyses were performed by CGME. CGME and JMB performed the statistical analyses and wrote the manuscript with the help of TR.

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Makouanzi Ekomono, C.G., Rambolarimanana, T. & Bouvet, JM. Preponderance of additive and non-additive variances for growth, ecophysiological and wood traits in Eucalyptus hybrid genotype-by-spacing interaction. Tree Genetics & Genomes 18, 32 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-022-01563-w

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