Key message A flexible and user-friendly spatial method called SpATS performed
comparably to more elaborate and trial-specific spatial models in a series of sorghum …

L'analyse spatiale ayant recours aux processus autorégressifs séparables des résidus est
utilisée de plus en plus dans l'analyse des tests de rendement des variétés en agriculture …

This study explores the use of a mixed linear model including spatially correlated residuals
in addition to the traditional randomized complete block (RCB) analysis in 12 forest genetic …

Genotype-by-environment (G× E) interaction for tree height measured at ages 7 to 13 was
investigated in 20 large open-pollinated progeny trials for Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) …

Conventional analysis of spatially correlated data in inadequately blocked field genetic trials
may give erroneous results that would seriously affect breeding decisions. Forest genetic …

L'étude spatiale des données de tests génétiques a amélioré la prédiction des réponses
génétiques de plus de 10% pour environ 20 des 216 variables testées quoique les gains …

MAS, marker-aided-selection N, census population size N, effective population size NWTIC,
Northwest Tree Improvement Cooperative QTL, quantitative trait locus RAPD, random …

Key message This synthesis of the literature on incorporation of genetic gain into growth and
yield models reveals a fundamental challenge associated with the rapid progress in …

Abstract Coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) is one of the most
commercially important softwood species in North America. In British Columbia, Canada …

Key message High-density airborne laser scanning can be used to generate metrics that
help characterize and differentiate the structure of Douglas-fir across three genetic levels at …