| The objective of this work was to study the efficiency of the early selection of parents and progeny for simultaneous increment of the growth and wood quality. For this, 48 open-pollinated families of Pinus taeda were grown at close spacing (0,5m x 0,5m). At the age of 16 months they were assessed for stem diameter at 30 cm above the ground and for wood basic density. The data were compared to diameter at breast height and basic density of commercial stem of the same progenies at 84 months under field conditions. Phenotypic and genetic parameters were estimated using an individual tree model. The narrow sense heritabilities in the 16º and 84º month for diameter (h2 = 0,24 e 0,22) and density (h2 = 0,27 e 0,19) suggest that they are inherited. The aditive... |
