Table \ref{725813} presents narrow sense heritabilities on the diagonal and genetic correlations in upper triangular form. The results were obtained from the
model presented in Section \ref{materials-and-methods} Equations \ref{eq:wv_model_1} and \ref{eq:wv_model_2}. For breeders interested in
reducing growth-strain the low to nil correlation between growth-strain
and diameter (and height) will provide an opportunity to simultaneously
increase growth and decrease strain. The positive correlation between
strain and stiffness indicates that some stiffness will need to be
sacrificed in order to reduce strain; however, because of the very high
stiffness values within E. bosistoana , this reduction may
not be of practical importance. The stronger correlation between strain
and acoustic velocity rather than with stiffness or density suggests the
Micro-Fibril Angle (MFA) has a larger impact on growth-strain generation
than density. While not measured, grain angle may account for some of
the variation which MFA and stiffness cannot explain.