Performance of improved genotypes of loblolly pine across different soils, climates, and silvicultural inputs

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 227, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 178-184

  McKeand, Steven E ^a   Jokela, Eric J ^b   Huber, Dudley A ^b   Byram, Thomas D ^c   Allen, H Lee ^a   Li, Bailian ^a   Mullin, Timothy J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic gain; Genotype by environment interaction; Pinus taeda L.; Tree improvement

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; ORCHARDS; PRODUCTIVITY; SEED; SOILS;

GENETIC GAIN; GENOTYPE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; TREE IMPROVEMENT;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CLONAL ORGANISM; CONIFEROUS TREE; GENOTYPE; ORCHARD; POLLINATION; SILVICULTURE; SOIL;

FORESTRY; GENOTYPES; ORCHARDS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33646087411     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.016     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Allard R.W., and Bradshaw A.D. Implications of genotype-environmental interactions in applied plant breeding. Crop Sci. 4 (1964) 503-508
2. Allen, H.L., Fox, T.R., Albaugh, T.J. 2005a. Response to fertilizers and current practices. Forest Nutrition Cooperative web site http://www.ncsu.edu/ncsfnc/response.htm.
3. Allen H.L., Fox T.R., and Campbell R.G. What is ahead for intensive pine plantation silviculture in the South?. South J. Appl. For. 29 (2005) 62-69
4. Amateis R.L., Liu J., Ducey M.J., and Allen H.L. Modeling response to midrotation nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization in loblolly pine plantations. South. J. Appl. For. 24 (2000) 207-212
5. Bramlett D.L. Genetic gain from mass controlled pollination and topworking. J. For. 95 3 (1997) 15-19
6. Bridgwater F., Kubisiak T., Byram T., and McKeand S. Risk management with current deployment strategies for genetically improved loblolly and slash pines. South. J. Appl. For. 29 (2005) 80-87
7. Bridgwater F.E., and Stonecypher R.W. Genotype × environment interaction: implications in tree breeding programs. In: Hollis C.A., and Squillace A.E. (Eds). Proc. Fifth N. Amer. Forest Biol. Workshop. Univ. Florida. Gainesville, FL (1978) 46-63
8. Byram T.D., Gwaze D.P., Miller L.G., and Raley E.M. Fifty-first progress report of the cooperative forest tree improvement program. Texas For. Serv. Circular 407 (2003) 22
9. Byram T.D., and Lowe W.J. Specific gravity variation in a loblolly pine seed source study in the Western Gulf region. For. Sci. 34 (1988) 798-803
10. Duzan Jr. H.W., and Williams C.G. Matching loblolly pine families to regeneration sites. South. J. Appl. For. 12 (1988) 166-169
11. Fisher R.F., and Garbett W.S. Response of semi-mature slash and loblolly pine plantations to fertilization with nitrogen and phosphorus. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 44 (1980) 850-854
12. Fox T.R. Sustained productivity of intensively managed forest plantations. For. Ecol. Manage. 138 (2000) 187-202
13. Frampton J., Li B., and Goldfarb B. Early field growth of loblolly pine rooted cuttings and seedlings. South. J. Appl. For. 24 (2000) 98-105
14. Goldfarb B., Surles S.E., Thetford M., and Blazich F.A. Effects of root morphology of rooted stem cuttings of loblolly pine on growth in a nursery and the first year in the field. South. J. Appl. For. 22 (1998) 231-234
15. Hynynen J., Burkhart H.E., and Allen H.L. Modeling tree growth in fertilized midrotation loblolly pine plantations. For. Ecol. Manage. 107 (1998) 213-229
16. Isik F., Li B., and Frampton L.J. Estimates of additive, dominance and epistatic genetic variances form a clonally replicated test of loblolly pine. For. Sci. 49 (2003) 77-88
17. Jansson G., and Li B. Genetic gains of full-sib families from disconnected diallels in loblolly pine. Silvae Genet. 53 2 (2004) 60-64
18. Jett J.B., McKeand S.E., and Weir R.J. Stability of juvenile wood specific gravity of loblolly pine in diverse geographic areas. Can. J. For. Res. 21 (1991) 1080-1085
19. Jokela E.J. Nutrient management of southern pines. In: Dickens E.D., Burnett J.P., Hubbard W.G., and Jokela E.J. (Eds). Slash Pine: Still Growing and Growing!. Asheville, NC. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-76 (2004) 27-35
20. Jokela E.J., Dougherty P.M., and Martin T.A. Production dynamics of intensively managed loblolly pine stands in the southern United States: a synthesis of seven long-term experiments. For. Ecol. Manage. 192 (2004) 117-130
21. Lambeth C., McKeand S., Rousseau R., and Schmidtling R. Planting nonlocal seed sources of loblolly pine-managing benefits and risks. South. J. Appl. For. 29 (2005) 96-104
22. LeBude A.V., Goldfarb B., Blazich F.A., Wise F.C., and Frampton J. Mist, substrate water potential, and cutting water potential influence rooting of stem cuttings of loblolly pine. Tree Physiol. 8 (2004) 823-831
23. Li B., and McKeand S.E. Stability of loblolly pine families in the southeastern U. S. Silvae Genet. 38 (1989) 96-101
24. Li B., McKeand S.E., and Weir R.J. Tree improvement and sustainable forestry-impact of two cycles of loblolly pine breeding in the U. S. A. For. Genet. 6 4 (1999) 229-234
25. McKeand S.E., Amerson H.V., Li B., and Mullin T.J. Families of loblolly pine that are most stable for resistance to fusiform rust are the least predictable. Can. J. For. Res. 33 (2003) 1335-1339
26. McKeand S.E., Crook R.P., and Allen H.L. Genotypic stability effects on predicted family responses to silvicultural treatments in loblolly pine. South. J. Appl. For. 21 (1997) 84-89
27. McKeand S.E., Eriksson G., and Roberds J.H. Genotype by environment interaction for index traits that combine growth and wood density in loblolly pine. Theor. Appl. Gen. 94 (1997) 1015-1022
28. McKeand S.E., Grissom J.E., Allen H.L., and Bullock B.P. Ten-year response of diverse families of loblolly pine to fertilization. In: Li B., and McKeand S. (Eds). Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding in the Age of Genomics: Progress and Future, IUFRO Joint Conference of Division 2, Conference Proceedings, 2004 (2004) 453-455. http://www.ncsu.edu/feop/iufro_genetics2004/proceedings.pdf Available online at: http://www.ncsu.edu/feop/iufro_genetics2004/proceedings.pdf.
29. McKeand S.E., Grissom J.E., Handest J.A., O'Malley D.M., and Allen H.L. Responsiveness of diverse provenances of loblolly pine to fertilization-age 4 results. J. Sustainable Forest. 10 (2000) 87-94
30. McKeand, S.E., Li, B., Grissom, J.E., 2006. Genetic parameter estimates for growth traits from diallel tests of loblolly pine throughout the southeastern United States. For. Sci., in preparation.
31. McKeand S.E., Li B., Hatcher A.V., and Weir R.J. Stability parameter estimates for stem volume for loblolly pine families growing in different regions in the southeastern United States. For. Sci. 36 (1990) 10-17
32. McKeand S., Mullin T., Byram T., and White T. Deployment of genetically improved loblolly and slash pine in the South. J. For. 101 3 (2003) 32-37
33. Moulton R.J., and Hernandez G. Tree planting in the United States, 1998. Tree Planters' Notes 49 2 (2000) 23-36
34. Schmidtling, R.C., 2001. Southern pine seed sources. USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Sta. Gen. Tech. Rep., SRS-44.
35. Shelbourne C.J.A. Genotype-environment interaction: its study and its implications in forest tree improvement. Proc. IUFRO Genetics- SABRAO, Jt. Symp., B-1 (I). Tokyo, Japan (1972) 1-28
36. Sierra-Lucero V., Huber D.A., McKeand S.E., White T.L., and Rockwood D.L. Genotype-by-environment interaction and deployment considerations for families from Florida provenances of loblolly pine. For. Genet. 10 2 (2003) 85-92
37. Wells O.O., and Wakeley P.C. Geographic variation in survival, growth, and fusiform-rust infection of planted loblolly pine. For. Sci. Monogr. 11 (1966) 39
38. Yeiser J.L., van Buijtenen J.P., and Lowe W.J. Genotype × environment interactions and seed movement for loblolly pine in the Western Gulf Region. Silvae Genet. 36 (1981) 196-200