Genotype by environment interactions in forest tree breeding: review of methodology and perspectives on research and application

Y Li, M Suontama, RD Burdon, HS Dungey - Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2017 - Springer
Genotype by environment interaction (G× E) refers to the comparative performances of
genotypes differing among environments, representing differences in genotype rankings or …

White spruce wood quality for lumber products: priority traits and their enhancement through tree improvement

M Hassegawa, M Savard, PRN Lenz… - … Journal of Forest …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
White spruce breeding has traditionally focused on genetic improvement for high
productivity, targeting mostly stem volume. However, new challenges, such as the effects of …

Factor analytic and reduced animal models for the investigation of additive genotype-by-environment interaction in outcrossing plant species with application to a …

BR Cullis, P Jefferson, R Thompson… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2014 - Springer
Key message Modelling additive genotype-by-environment interaction is best achieved with
the use of factor analytic models. With numerous environments and for outcrossing plant …

Climate warming differently affects Larix decidua ring formation at each end of a French Alps elevational gradient

P Rozenberg, T Chauvin, M Escobar-Sandoval… - Annals of Forest …, 2020 - Springer
Key message The ongoing global warming tends to reduce Larix decidua radial growth and
ring wood density at the bottom of an elevational gradient in the French Alps, while it has a …

Simulating deployment of genetic gain in a radiata pine breeding program with genomic selection

D McLean, L Apiolaza, M Paget, J Klápště - Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2023 - Springer
Genomic selection (GS) is currently being used in the New Zealand radiata pine (Pinus
radiata D. Don) breeding program to accelerate genetic gain. GS also has the potential to …

Patterns of additive genotype-by-environment interaction in tree height of Norway spruce in southern and central Sweden

ZQ Chen, B Karlsson, HX Wu - Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2017 - Springer
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.) …

Genotype-by-environment interaction in Corymbia citriodora (Hook.) KD Hill, & LAS Johnson progeny test in Luiz Antonio, Brazil

BM de Souza, MLM Freitas, AM Sebbenn… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Corymbia citriodora is one of the most cultivated hardwood species by small farmers in
Brazil, and the most traded wood on the east coast of Australia due its high growth rate …

Genetic variation in drying collapse and heartwood properties at mid-rotation age of Eucalyptus globoidea

V Ghildiyal, E Iyiola, M Sharma, LA Apiolaza… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Main causes of drying degrade in most plantation-grown eucalypt timber are collapse and
checking. Appropriate but costly sawing and drying techniques are employed to alleviate …

Climatic drivers of genotype–environment interactions in lodgepole pine based on multi-environment trial data and a factor analytic model of additive covariance

NK Ukrainetz, AD Yanchuk… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - cdnsciencepub.com
The optimum deployment of select material from tree breeding programs is affected by the
presence of genotype–environment interactions (G× E) and further complicated by future …

Identification of putative candidate genes for juvenile wood density in Pinus radiata

X Li, HX Wu, SG Southerton - Tree physiology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Wood formation is a complex developmental process driven by the annual activity of the
vascular cambium. Conifers usually produce juvenile wood at young ages followed by …