<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> To estimate the amount of genotype by environment interaction (G x E) data was obtained within the Swedish breeding program of Pinus sylvestris L. The calculations were based on estimates of G x E expressed by the genetic correlations across trials. In total, 66 progeny trials were included coming from 17 different test series. The number of parents tested per progeny trial was in average 52. Some parents were tested in several series and in total 812 parents were represented in the study. The results of our study showed that the amount of G x E for growth traits in Pinus sylvestris in southern Sweden was low. The median genetic correlation across trials for height, height increment and diameter were in the range 0.75-0.80 and the pattern of interaction was largely unpredictable from site differences in site index, latitude, longitude and altitude.</p></abstract>

To estimate the amount of genotype by environment interaction (G x E) data was obtained within the Swedish breeding program of Pinus sylvestris L. The calculations were based on estimates of G x E expressed by the genetic correlations across trials. In total, 66 progeny trials were included coming from 17 different test series. The number of parents tested per progeny trial was in average 52. Some parents were tested in several series and in total 812 parents were represented in the study. The results of our study showed that the amount of G x E for growth traits in Pinus sylvestris in southern Sweden was low. The median genetic correlation across trials for height, height increment and diameter were in the range 0.75-0.80 and the pattern of interaction was largely unpredictable from site differences in site index, latitude, longitude and altitude.

Genotype by Environment Interaction in Pinus sylvestris L. in Southern Sweden

Silvae Genetica

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To estimate the amount of genotype by environment interaction (G x E) data was obtained within the Swedish breeding program of Pinus sylvestris L. The...

Genotype by Environment Interaction in Pinus sylvestris L. in Southern Sweden

Published Online: Oct 14, 2017

Page range: 306 - 311

Received: Apr 27, 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sg-2008-0046

Keywords
Scots pine, genetic correlation, stability, progeny testing

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Genotype by Environment Interaction in Pinus sylvestris L. in Southern Sweden

Published Online: Oct 14, 2017

Page range: 306 - 311

Received: Apr 27, 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sg-2008-0046

KeywordsScots pine, genetic correlation, stability, progeny testing

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Scots pine, genetic correlation, stability, progeny testing