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Genotypic variation in wood properties and growth traits of triploid hybrid clones of Populus tomentosa at three clonal trials

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To better understand the genetic control of growth traits (tree height, dbh, and stem volume) and wood properties (basic wood density and fiber length) in triploid hybrid clones of Populus tomentosa, genetic relationships among selected wood properties with growth traits were examined in 5-year-old clonal field trials located in Yanzhou, Gaotang, and Xiangfen, northern China. In total, 180 trees from 10 clones were sampled from the three sites. The site had a moderate effect on basic wood density (BWD), stem wood dry weight (DWT), and tree growth and had a highly significant effect on fiber length (FL) (P < 0.001). Clonal effects were also significant (P < 0.05) for all studied traits (except for diameter at breast height (DBH) and stem volume (SV)). Clone × site interaction was significant for all the studied traits except for FL. The estimated repeatability of clonal means for FL (0.91) was higher than for BWD (0.71), DWT (0.62), tree height (0.62), DBH (0.61), and SV (0.55). Intersite genetic correlation estimates indicated that wood properties were more stable than growth traits. Phenotypic correlation estimates between SV and BWD ranged from −0.29 to −0.10.

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This study was mainly supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities (YX2010-14) and the Forestry Public Benefit Research Foundation (20100400900-3). The authors would like to thank Dr. Jicheng Pei from Tianjin University of Science and Technology for his assistance with fiber properties measurements. The authors would also like to thank Professor Xiangning Jiang from Beijing Forestry University for his editing.

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Zhang, P., Wu, F. & Kang, X. Genotypic variation in wood properties and growth traits of triploid hybrid clones of Populus tomentosa at three clonal trials. Tree Genetics & Genomes 8, 1041–1050 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-012-0484-9

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