Claim · model-written summary
At 5% selection rate, theoretical genetic gain in volume growth was 51.82%.
- Taxon
- Populus deltoides
Populus deltoidest0 - Outcome
- theoretical genetic gain of volume growthe0
- Value
- 51.82%e0
- Qualifier
- selection rate is 5% and selection intensity is 2.02e0
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Verbatim
e0“When selection rate is 5% and selection intensity is 2.02,the theoretical genetic gain of volume growth is 51.82%”
t0“Populus deltoides”
Title
Studies on growth variation and clonal selection of Populus deltoides
Mingxiu Wang 2011
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Clones from Mississippi and Texas grew well after 12 years, whereas Louisiana clones grew poorly.
- Observation Height, diameter and volume growth differed significantly among clones.
- Observation Heritability of growth traits ranged from 0.552 3 to 0.658 7.
- Observation The genetic coefficient varied from 8.26% to 31.61%.
- Observation Actual genetic gain in volume growth was 50.82%.
- Observation Five fast-growing clones averaged 1.021 1 m3/tree, exceeding control clone I-69 by 15.05%.