Heritability estimates for height for young interior spruce in British Columbia

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Kiss ◽  
F.C. Yeh
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Narrow Sense Heritability ◽  
North Central ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
The Family ◽  
Interior Spruce ◽  
Good Site ◽  
Heritability Estimates ◽  
Brush Control

Height growth for interior spruce (Piceaglauca (Moench) Voss and P. engelmannii Parry) after 3, 6, and 10 growing seasons was assessed in a progeny test of 174 wind-pollinated families at three test sites in north central British Columbia. Test sites had a major influence on the juvenile growth of interior spruce, reflecting differences in potential site productivity as well as the importance of good site preparation and subsequent brush control for spruce seedlings. Mean heights within and across sites differed among families. The 3- and 6-year family performances correlated with family performances at age 10. Family–site interaction was significant at the 1% probability level, but accounted for no more than a quarter of the family variance at the three assessment years. Performance of the top and bottom 25% of families was consistent across the three sites. The narrow-sense heritability estimates after the third, sixth, and tenth growing seasons were 0.52, 0.36, and 0.29, respectively. The corresponding family heritability estimates were 0.82, 0.73, and 0.67, respectively.

Preliminary evaluation of genetic variation of weevil resistance in interior spruce in British Columbia

1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. K. Kiss ◽  
A. D. Yanchuk
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Genetic Basis ◽  
Diameter Growth ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
White Pine ◽  
North Central ◽  
Interior Spruce ◽  
Progeny Tests ◽  
Selection For ◽  
White Pine Weevil

White pine weevil (Pissodesstrobi (Peck)) damage in three interior spruce open-pollinated progeny tests in north central British Columbia was evaluated to examine the patterns of attack among families. While the overall incidence of damage was different across sites (i.e., Quesnel 9%, Red Rock 37%, and Aleza Lake 63%), correlations on a family-mean basis (percentage attacked per family) at Red Rock and Quesnel as well as Red Rock and Aleza Lake were significant (r = 0.63 and 0.71, respectively). Estimates of family heritability across sites for damage was high (hf = 0.77 ± 0.11), but individual heritability was only moderate (hi = 0.18 ± 0.03). More vigorous families, as determined by 10-year family mean height superiority prior to weevil attack, were damaged less frequently than those with average and poorer performance. Negative correlations of mean family height at 10 years of age with incidence of damage (on a family-mean basis) and mean family diameter with incidence of damage were significant (r = −0.51 and −0.44, respectively). These data suggest that there is a moderate genetic basis for resistance to weevil attack in interior spruce and that selection for height and diameter growth may improve resistance to weevil attack.

Genotype by environment interaction and its implications for genetic improvement of interior spruce in British Columbia

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 1635-1643 ◽  
Author(s):  
C -Y Xie
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Seed Orchard ◽  
Genotype By Environment Interaction ◽  
Breeding Value ◽  
Progeny Testing ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
North Central ◽  
Genotype By Environment ◽  
Interior Spruce ◽  
Generation Progeny

Ten-year height data from 232 open-pollinated interior spruce families tested in five seed planning zones located in north-central interior British Columbia were used to investigate the extent and pattern of genotype by environment (G×E) interaction and to examine the validity of the seed planning zone delineation in this region. The G×E interaction in the entire region was both statistically and practically significant, with an estimated type b genetic correlation coefficient of 0.64. The detected geographic pattern of the G×E interaction indicates that the old delineation is overly conservative, and consolidating the five old zones into the two new zones is a valid decision. A procedure was developed to convert the expected genetic gain, with respect to the old zone, to the new zone when seed from a rogued local seed orchard is used for reforestation in the entire new zone. A similar procedure was also proposed to predict the breeding value of an individual that was only tested in the old zone of its origin with respect to the new zone. Given the detected amounts of the G×E interaction, and considering other factors, using three to five sites in each new zone for the second-generation progeny testing seems to be appropriate.

scholarly journals Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Grapevine Leafroll-Associated Viruses in British Columbia

Plant Disease ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 101 (12) ◽  
pp. 2088-2097 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Poojari ◽  
J. Boulé ◽  
N. DeLury ◽  
D. T. Lowery ◽  
M. Rott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Scale Insects ◽  
Disease Spread ◽  
Virus Species ◽  
Relative Incidence ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
The Family ◽  
Leafroll Disease ◽  
Composite Samples

Grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) is a complex associated with one or more virus species belonging to the family Closteroviridae. The majority of viruses in this complex are vectored by one or more species of mealybugs (Pseudococcidae) and/or scale insects (Coccidae). Grape-growing regions of British Columbia (BC), including Okanagan, Similkameen, and Fraser valleys and Kamloops (BC central interior), Vancouver, and Gulf islands, were surveyed during the 2014 and 2015 growing seasons for the presence of four major grapevine leafroll-associated viruses, including Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 1 (GLRaV-1), GLRaV-2, GLRaV-3, and GLRaV-4. In total, 3,056 composite five-vine samples were collected from 153 Vitis vinifera and three interspecific hybrid vineyard blocks. The results showed GLRaV-3 to be the most widespread, occurring in 16.7% of the composite samples, followed by GLRaV-4 (3.9%), GLRaV-1 (3.8%), and GLRaV-2 (3.0%). Mixed infections of two or more GLRaVs were found in 4.1% of the total samples. The relative incidence of GLRaVs differed among regions and vineyard blocks of a different age. Characterization of partial CO1 region from a total of 241 insect specimens revealed the presence of Pseudococcus maritimus, Parthenolecanium corni, and other Pulvinaria sp. in BC vineyards. Spatial patterns of GLRaV-3 infected grapevines in three vineyard blocks from three different regions in the Okanagan Valley showed variable degrees of increase in disease spread ranging from 0 to 19.4% over three growing seasons. Regional differences in the relative incidence and spread of GLD underline the need for region-based management programs for BC vineyards.

Using perceptual maps to communicate concepts of Sustainable Forest Management – Collaborative research with the Office of the Wet'suwet'en Nation in British Columbia

2005 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-386
Author(s):  
S. Denise Allen
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
North Central ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Perceptual Maps ◽  
Forest Resources Management

This article discusses collaborative research with the Office of the Wet'suwet'en Nation on their traditional territories in north-central British Columbia, Canada, a forest-dependent region where contemporary and traditional forest resources management regimes overlap. In-depth personal interviews with the hereditary chiefs and concept mapping were used to identify social-ecological linkages in Wet'suwet'en culture to inform the development of culturally sensitive social criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management (SFM) in this region. The preliminary results demonstrate how the CatPac II software tool can be applied to identify key component concepts and linkages in local definitions of SFM, and translate large volumes of (oral) qualitative data into manageable information resources for forest managers and decision-makers. Key words: social criteria and indicators, sustainable forest management, qualitative research, Wet'suwet'en

scholarly journals Brush Control and Rio Grande Turkeys in North-Central Texas

1980 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Dee A. Quinton ◽  
Alan Kent Montei ◽  
Jerran T. Flinders
Keyword(s):  
Rio Grande ◽  
North Central ◽  
North Central Texas ◽  
Central Texas ◽  
Brush Control

scholarly journals Selection strategies of segregant soybean populations for resistance to Asian rust

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (11) ◽  
pp. 1452-1459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliny Simony Ribeiro ◽  
José Francisco Ferraz de Toledo ◽  
Magno Antonio Patto Ramalho
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variance ◽  
Additive Genetic Variance ◽  
Infected Leaf ◽  
Good Resistance ◽  
Narrow Sense Heritability ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Selection Strategies ◽  
Line Selection ◽  
Soybean Resistance ◽  
Selection Of

The objective of this work was to identify the best selection strategies for the more promising parental combinations to obtain lines with good resistance to soybean Asian rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi). Two experiments were carried out in the field during the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 growing seasons, to determine the percentage of infected leaf area of individual plants of five parents and their segregant F2 and F3 populations. The data obtained indicates that additive genetic variance predominates in the control of soybean resistance to Asian rust, and that the year and time of assessment do not significantly influence the estimates of the genetic parameters obtained. The narrow-sense heritability (h²r) ranged from 23.12 to 55.83%, and indicates the possibility of successful selection of resistant individuals in the early generations of the breeding program. All the procedures used to select the most promising populations to generate superior inbred lines for resistance to P. pachyrhizi presented similar results and identified the BR01-18437 x BRS 232 population as the best for inbred line selection.

Two new species of stalked crinoids from the northeastern Pacific in the genera Gephyrocrinus and Ptilocrinus (Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Hyocrinidae). Effects of ontogeny and variability on hyocrinid taxonomy

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2825 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHEL ROUX ◽  
PHILIP LAMBERT
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Depth Range ◽  
Evolutionary Trend ◽  
Exceptional Collection ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Northeastern Pacific ◽  
Stalked Crinoids

Two new species of deep-sea stalked crinoids belonging to the family Hyocrinidae were collected in the northeastern Pacific. The descriptions contain detailed information on character variations and ontogeny. The five specimens of Gephyrocrinus messingi n. sp. lived at depths ranging from 1,777 m to 2,110 m off British Columbia and California. This new species is the first record of the genus Gephyrocrinus in the Pacific Ocean, which was previously known from only a single species, G. grimaldii, from the northeastern Atlantic at the same depth range. The two species illustrate opposing phenotypes within the same genus. Fifty-eight specimens of the second new species, Ptilocrinus clarki n. sp., were dredged off British Columbia close to the type-locality of P. pinnatus, the type species of the genus Ptilocrinus, but at shallower depths ranging from 1,178 to 1,986 m. This exceptional collection provides significant data on intraspecific variation in the main morphological characters, especially arm pattern. The ontogeny of stalk articulations and the main traits of adoral plate differentiation are described in detail. A complementary investigation on P. pinnatus was conducted using specimens collected by the “Albatross” expedition at a depth of 2,906 m. Despite similarities in external morphology, tegmen and cover plates, the two ptilocrinid species display significant differences in pinnule architecture, aboral cup and stalk articulations. From comparison with Gephyrocrinus messingi n. sp. and Ptilocrinus clarki n. sp., G. grimaldii and P. pinnatus are interpreted as the result of heterochronic development by paedomorphy after ecological or geographic isolation. Pinnule architecture in the two new species suggests first steps in an evolutionary trend toward a rigid box which protects gonad inflation in the proximal part of the pinnule. These new data on Ptilocrinus and Gephyrocrinus create problems in the current taxonomy of the family Hyocrinidae. The main derived characters, especially in pinnule and arm pattern, are used to propose new hypotheses for hyocrinid phylogeny.

A Lower Jurassic heteroporid bryozoan and associated biota, Turnagain Lake, British Columbia

1981 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Henderson ◽  
D. G. Perry
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
Green Alga ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Lower Jurassic ◽  
Early Jurassic ◽  
Associated Fauna ◽  
North Central ◽  
Commensal Relationship

Late Early Jurassic heteroporid bryozoa occur in arenaceous carbonates near Turnagain Lake, north-central British Columbia. The occurrence of Heteropora tipperi n. sp. marks the first documentation of Early Jurassic cyclostome bryozoa in North America. The associated fauna, comprising the ammonite Harpoceras, the foraminifer Reinholdella, and the pelecypod Weyla, establish the age as Early Toarcian. Other associated biota include an endolithic green alga(e), which is demonstrated to have a commensal relationship with H. tipperi n. sp. Sedimentologic and biotic data from the host strata point to a shallow, temperate, high-energy, normal marine environment.

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