Assessment of E. globoideawood properties at Atkinson

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dc.contributor.authorNguyen L
dc.contributor.authorIyiola E
dc.contributor.authorSharma M
dc.contributor.authorAltaner, Clemens
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-04T02:52:24Z
dc.date.available2021-11-04T02:52:24Z
dc.date.issued2020en
dc.date.updated2021-06-20T23:37:40Z
dc.description.abstractEXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report refers to the SWP work plan WP060 ‘Wood quality assessment of E. globoidea’. While growth characteristics of E. globoidea compare favourably to other eucalypt species in the NZDFI programme, its wood properties in particular natural durability (class 2), ease of drying and to some degree stiffness are good rather than exceptional. Therefore, wood properties should be considered in a tree breeding programme if ground durable solid wood products are envisioned as the future market. 144 families of E. globoidea were assessed at age 8 years old for heartwood quantity, extractive content (i.e. natural durability), drying defects (i.e. collapse) and stiffness (i.e. acoustic velocity). All traits were heritable and having a degree of variation enabling improvements through a breeding programme. The high heritability (h 2 = 1.16) and large coefficient of genetic variation (CGV = 52%) of heartwood extractive content encourages selection for heartwood quality, as E. globoidea is in contrast to the other NZDFI species rated not class 1 but class 2 ground durable. An unfavourable genetic correlation (-0.44; CI95 -0.62, -0.25) was found between heartwood quantity and extractive content, indicating the need for compromise between growth and natural durability. A favourable less strong genetic correlation (-0.27; CI95 -0.51, -0.02) was found between heartwood collapse and extractive content, indicating improvement in both if one is selected for. The other key traits were not correlated and therefore need to be selected for independently. That data has been made available to the NZDFI partners to allow them to select superior genetics for commercial plant production. Only 1 of 3 sites planted at the same time with the same genetics was assessed and environmental effects remain to be quantified.en
dc.identifier.citationNguyen L, Iyiola E, Sharma M, Altaner C (2020). Assessment of E. globoideawood properties at Atkinson. Forest Growers Research.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/102866
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterburyen
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stateden
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::30 - Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences::3007 - Forestry sciencesen
dc.titleAssessment of E. globoideawood properties at Atkinsonen
dc.typeReportsen
uc.collegeFaculty of Engineering
uc.departmentSchool of Forestry
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