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Multiple-trait BLUP: a suitable strategy for genetic selection of Eucalyptus

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Usually, genetic selection is carried out based on several traits, which can be genetically correlated. In this case, selection bias may occur if these traits are analyzed individually. Thus, the present work aimed to evaluate the applicability and efficiency of multiple-trait best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) in the genetic selection of Eucalyptus. The data used in this work refer to the evaluation of a partial diallel of Eucalyptus spp. in relation to height, diameter at breast height (DBH), and volume. Variance components and genetic and non-genetic parameters were estimated via residual maximum likelihood (REML). Multiple-trait BLUP led to estimates of mean additive genetic variance higher than the estimates obtained via single-trait BLUP and, consequently, led to higher estimates of narrow-sense individual interpopulational heritabilities and mean accuracies. Partial genetic correlations obtained via multiple-trait BLUP allowed a real understanding of the association between traits, differently from those obtained via single-trait BLUP. Multiple-trait BLUP led to higher gains predicted with the selection for height, DBH, and volume and can be efficiently applied in the genetic selection of Eucalyptus.

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Acknowledgements

We wish to thank the Aperam BioEnergia Company for the partnership and the anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on the first version of the paper.

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This study received financial support from the CAPES (Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education) and CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development).

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  1. Department of General Biology, University Campus, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil

    Rodrigo Silva Alves, João Romero do Amaral Santos de Carvalho Rocha, Paulo Eduardo Teodoro, Lidiane Aparecida Silva, Pedro Crescêncio Souza Carneiro & Leonardo Lopes Bhering

  2. Department of Statistics, University Campus, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil

    Marcos Deon Vilela de Resende

  3. Silviculture Genes, Jorge Polonil Rosa Street, 291, Colina Residentia, Timóteo, MG, 35182-387, Brazil

    Eduardo Pinheiro Henriques

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Alves, R.S., de Carvalho Rocha, J.R.d.A.S., Teodoro, P.E. et al. Multiple-trait BLUP: a suitable strategy for genetic selection of Eucalyptus. Tree Genetics & Genomes 14, 77 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-018-1292-7

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