Competição intergenotípica na análise de testes de progênie em essências florestais. / Intergenotypic competition in the analysis of forest tree progeny trials.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2002

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The aim of this work was to introduce competition effects in the model underlying the analysis of forest tree experiments. Results were compared with analyses in which effects were neglected. Progeny trails with different levels of precision and mortality were used, including the following species: Gallesia gorarema Vell. Moq., Eucaliptus grandis Hill ex Maider, Eucaliptus citridora Hook, Pinus elliottii Engl. var. elliottii and Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Ktze. Mathematical expectation of mean squares values were derived and the bias of estimates was explicitly shown. Competition effects were found significant in all experiments, but were primarily of random nature. Bias was shown to be directly proportional to the magnitude of the regression parameter b and to the relative magnitude of sums of squares of the competition variable. Including the variable in general lead to a reduction of estimates of variance components and to smaller expected progress from selection. The b coefficients of multi-effect selection index are also biased if competition is ignored. Results indicated that different sets of genotypes could be selected if the analyses of data were carried out with or without the competition effects. Including a competition variable in the analysis of trials in which plants are exposed to competing with each other is recommendable.

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plant breeding essência florestal genética quantitativa forest species genética estatística statistical genetics melhoramento genético vegetal quantitative genetics

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