Selection on Growth and Wind-resistance Traits for Provenances and Families of Eucalyptus urophylla
- Received Date: 2002-09-10
Abstract: The results of growth and wind-resistance measure for a trial with 11 provenances and 174 families of Eucalyptus urophylla at 2.3 year-old plantation showed that traits on growth and wind-resistance among provenances, among families, among blocks and interactions between provenance and block, between family and block had highly significant differences. The main damage by typhoon to E.urophylla plantation was stem break-of accounting for 22.5% of trees in the whole trial. Wind-resistance of provenances and families had significant negative correlation with the growth character. The thirty-two families of E.urophylla with wind-resistance and fast growth and suitable for the growth in west Guangdong were selected by the Index Selection Method.