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Table VII

Phenotypic correlations between yield, growth, wood density traits and fibre properties as an average for all the clones. Statistically significant correlations (p < 0.05 ) shown in bold.

Traits* H V EWW LWW RW EWD LWD WD LWW% FL FW C FWT
D 0.85 0.96 0.85 0.69 0.86 –0.47 –0.16 –0.54 –0.58 0.35 0.62 0.39 0.11
H 0.81 0.65 0.54 0.67 –0.36 0.08 –0.39 –0.53 0.53 0.70 0.58 0.36
V 0.81 0.64 0.83 –0.43 –0.21 –0.52 –0.53 0.25 0.55 0.33 0.07
EWW 0.64 0.99 –0.55 –0.33 –0.71 –0.76 0.13 0.46 0.15 –0.15
LWW 0.74 –0.31 –0.18 –0.24 –0.07 0.19 0.38 0.23 0.06
RW –0.54 –0.32 –0.67 –0.68 0.15 0.47 0.17 –0.12
EWD 0.53 0.89 0.48 –0.25 –0.12 –0.01 0.09
LWD 0.69 0.22 0.43 0.32 0.53 0.60
WD 0.75 –0.06 –0.12 0.12 0.31
LWW% –0.13 –0.35 –0.10 0.17
FL 0.72 0.79 0.70
FW 0.87 0.55
C 0.89
*

See Table II for the explanation of the traits.