Matti Haapanen

Within-plot subsampling of trees for assessment in progeny trials of Scots pine.

Haapanen M. (1995). Within-plot subsampling of trees for assessment in progeny trials of Scots pine. Silva Fennica vol. 29 no. 1 article id 5543. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a9194

Abstract

Tree height data from 33 progeny trials of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) were used to determine the effect of within-plot subsampling on the magnitude of statistically detectable differences between families, family heritability and correlation of family means based on different sample sizes. The results indicated that in trials established with a standard plot configuration of 25 trees per plot, measuring only 10–15 trees gives nearly the same precision as with assessment of all the plot trees. Even as few as 4–6 trees assessed per plot may constitute a sufficient sample if families or parental trees of extreme performance are being selected. Trials established with non-contiguous plots were found to be more efficient than those established using multiple-tree contiguous plots.

Keywords
Pinus sylvestris; efficiency; sampling; progeny testing; plot size; non-contiguous plots; statistical analysis

Published in 1995

Views 2226

Available at https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a9194 | Download PDF