Table 2 Pedigree-based and marker-based estimates of genotype-by-environment (GxE) interaction for a variety of traits of conifer tree species.

From: Metadata analysis indicates biased estimation of genetic parameters and gains using conventional pedigree information instead of genomic-based approaches in tree breeding

Species

Material

Population size parents/families/progenies

Traita

GxEb

References

Pedigree-based

Marker-based

Picea glauca

Full-sibs

39/59/1748

17-yr height

0.73 (0.12)

0.60 (0.17)

28

17-yr DBH

0,53 (0.19)

0.48 (0.20)

7-yr wood density

0.94 (0.08)

0.95 (0.06)

17-yr microfibril angle

1.00 (0.00)

1.00 (0.14)

Full-sibs

212/136/1516

16 to 28-yr height

0.40 (0.17)

0.35 (0.15)

1

16 to 28-yr DBH

0.14 (0.28)

0.17 (0.24)

16 to 28-yr acoustic velocity

0.63 (0.16)

0.65 (0.16)

16 to 28-yr piceol

0.80 (0.11)

0.80 (0.13)

16 to 28-yr pungenol

0.72 (0.12)

0.70 (0.13)

Polycross

42/54/1513

19-yr height

0.72 (0.21)

0.60 (0.16)

17

54/38/892

19-yr DBH

0.81 (0.25)

0.70 (0.17)

18-yr wood density

0.93 (0.19)

1.00 (0.00)

19-yr wood stiffness

0.93 (0.16)

0.92 (0.09)

Picea abies

Full-sibs

35/40/726

15-yr height

0.65 (0.15)

0.52 (0.17)

2

15-yr DBH

0.00 (0.00)

0.00 (0.00)

15-yr wood density

0.65 (0.20)

0.76 (0.17)

15-yr microfibril angle

0.47 (0.32)

0.43 (0.32)

16-yr acoustic velocity

0.79 (0.15)

0.76 (0.16)

Cumulative weevil attacks

0.97 (0.08)

0.86 (0.15)

Full-sibs

55/128/1370

17-yr height

0.48

0.41

45

30-yr wood density (pylodin)

0.88

0.90

30-yr acoustic velocity

0.88

0.80

30-yr wood stiffness

0.88

0.94

Pinus contorta

Full-sibs & half-sibs

57/42/1429

10-yr height

0.46 (0.24)

0.46 (0.20)

61,62

12-yr wood density

0.87 (0.10)

0.78 (0.11)

12-yr microfibril angle

1.00 (-)

1.00 (-)

  1. aDBH = diameter at breast height.
  2. bWhen reported in the original papers, standard errors in parentheses.