Table 8 Provenance least-squares means for Eucalyptus bicostata traits at each site

Canberra

-

10.1

-

-

7.9

-

-

2.8

-

Burrinjuck

8.3 b c

8.4

13.6

8.2 bc

6.9

12.0

5.0 ab

2.2

4.3

Tumbarumba

-

6.7

-

-

6.9

-

-

2.7

-

Wollemi

14.1 a

10.0

12.0

9.7 a

7.4

10.7

2.8 c

2.6

5.3

Benalla

9.5 b

9.6

12.4

9.2 ab

8.1

11.3

5.4 a

2.5

6.2

Kiewa

7.0 c

6.2

10.0

7.3 c

6.3

11.5

3.8 abc

3.0

5.1

Mansfield

7.3 b c

8.5

10.8

7.2 c

7.0

8.5

3.5 bc

2.3

4.2

p value

<0.0001

0.0501

0.36

<0.0001

0.35

0.4

<0.0001

0.8

0.41

Provenance

Otaua

Kawerau

McKinnon

Otaua

Kawerau

McKinnon

Otaua

Kawerau

McKinnon

Canberra

-

4.0

-

-

4.2

-

-

0.67 a

-

Burrinjuck

1.6 b

3.2

3.1

5.2 b

2.9

3.4

0.88

0.56 ab

0.61

Tumbarumba

-

2.7

-

-

2.3

-

-

0.30 b

-

Wollemi

4.5 a

3.6

3.3

5.7 ab

2.6

4.2

0.90

0.67 a

0.77

Benalla

1.9 b

3.3

3.1

7.0 a

3.9

6.3

0.89

0.33 ab

0.88

Kiewa

2.0 b

2.1

2.8

5.7 ab

3

4.8

0.89

0.52 ab

0.69

Mansfield

1.9 b

3.7

2.9

4.9 b

2.3

4.3

1.01

0.51 ab

0.70

p value

<0.0001

0.157

0.944

0.006

0.055

0.049

0.68

0.031

0.47