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Table 1 Effects of the population and breeding generation on the field performance of 2-year-old P. radiata seedlings established in a sandy soil site (mean ± standard errors)

From: Field performance of various Pinus radiata breeding families established on a drought-prone site in central Chile

Traits

Populations

Population and breeding generation

Significance level (P)

Interior

Coastal

Interior

(9)

Coastal

(21)

First

(3)

Second

(6)

First

(2)

Second

(12)

Third

(7)

P

G(P)

F(G(P))

H

87.0 ± 1.05

84.8 ± 0.69

78.8 ± 1.78

90.8 ± 1.25

81.3 ± 2.14

83.6 ± 0.92

87.7 ± 1.18

0.33

0.02

0.00

D

20.2 ± 0.30

20.1 ± 0.19

18.6 ± 0.54

21.0 ± 0.35

19.3 ± 0.63

19.7 ± 0.25

21.1 ± 0.33

0.85

0.01

0.00

VOL

469.5 ± 18.6

448.7 ± 11.7

379.2 ± 32.1

512.0 ± 22.6

400.6 ± 34.0

427.3 ± 15.4

498.8 ± 15.7

0.81

0.02

0.00

SUR

75.9 ± 1.58

72.9 ± 1.07

73.3 ± 0.80

77.4 ± 1.90

72.2 ± 1.50

72.9 ± 1.40

73.2 ± 0.90

0.27

0.87

0.00

A n

2.91 ± 0.19

3.29 ± 0.13

2.86 ± 0.28

2.94 ± 0.25

3.28 ± 0.42

3.40 ± 0.19

3.11 ± 0.23

0.22

0.89

0.01

E

0.65 ± 0.03

0.76 ± 0.03

0.64 ± 0.06

0.65 ± 0.04

0.78 ± 0.11

0.78 ± 0.04

0.71 ± 0.05

0.11

0.82

0.00

g s

0.022 ± 0.001

0.025 ± 0.001

0.021 ± 0.002

0.022 ± 0.001

0.025 ± 0.003

0.026 ± 0.001

0.024 ± 0.001

0.14

0.86

0.01

WUEi

125 ± 5.4

124 ± 3.1

134.3 ± 8.11

120.4 ± 6.96

140.1 ± 6.11

121.0 ± 4.75

125.8 ± 4.64

0.99

0.46

0.01

Ψ pd

0.61 ± 0.30

0.61 ± 0.20

0.57 ± 0.60

0.64 ± 0.40

0.65 ± 0.50

0.60 ± 0.20

0.62 ± 0.40

0.64

0.65

0.77

  1. Family (F) is nested within breeding generation (G) and within population (P). Statistically significant values (P < 0.05) are in italics. Number of families in each population and breeding generation are given in parenthesis
  2. D root collar diameter at ground line (mm), H height (cm), VOL volume (dm3), SUR survival (%), A n net photosynthesis (umol CO2 m−2 s−1), E transpiration (mmol H2O m−2 s−1), g s stomatal conductance (mmol H2O m−2 s−1), WUEi intrinsic water use efficiency (μmol CO2 mmol H2O−1), Ψ pd predawn water potential (MPa)