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Table II

Analysis of variance of wood density and growth of Prosopis africana trees evaluated at 13 years in a provenance/progeny test in Nigerabcd.

Source of variation BD (N = 1062) Height (N = 1078) DBHOB (N = 1063) DBHUB (N = 1063)
PZ VC% PZ VC% PZ VC% PZ VC%

Rep 0.084 2.3 0.064 3.0 0.076 2.0 0.088 1.6
Prov 0.032 4.7 0.003 13.8 0.004 11.2 0.004 11.4
Fam(Prov) < 0.001 10.0 0.007 6.0 0.048 3.9 0.062 3.7
Rep x Prov 0.046 3.6 0.038 3.4 0.318 0.8 0.304 0.9
Residual < 0.001 79.4 < 0.001 73.8 < 0.001 82.1 < 0.001 82.4
a

Source of variation: Rep = replications, Prov = provenances, Fam(Prov) = families nested in provenances, Rep × Prov = Rep by Prov interaction, Residual = Rep by Fam(Prov) interaction.

b

Variables: BD = basic wood density at 1.3 m; Height = tree height; DBHOB and DBHUB = stem diameter at 1.3 m over bark and under bark, respectively.

c

PZ = probability of Z to test significance of variance component.

d

VC% = variance component expressed as a percentage of the total variance.