Abstract
Eucalyptus bosistoana F. Muell was grown on an irrigated nursery
site with 4032 individuals from 81 known mother trees representing all
known native populations. Testing of growth and wood properties was
conducted at 21 months of age and the data was analysed using a
multivariate analysis consisting of seven traits (growth-strain,
under-bark diameter, density, stiffness, volumetric shrinkage, height
and acoustic velocity). Heritability estimates were obtained for each
trait (0.23, 0.57, 0.70, 0.77, 0.39, 0.71, and 0.80) as were genetic
correlations and multiple fixed effects.