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.