%0 Article
%T The effect of environmental and genetical factors on the phenotype of Scots pine in a seed orchard in North Karelia
%A Rautiainen, Pekka
%D 1971
%J Silva Fennica
%V 5
%N 4
%R doi:10.14214/sf.a14658
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/4856
%X <p>The study material included 600 Scots pine (<em>Pinus sylvestris</em> L.) grafts from the Tohmajärvi seed orchard in Eastern Finland. Their broad sense heritability for the height growth was 0.92, for the number of branches 0.87 and for the angle of branching 0.84. Grafts from Central Finland had cones more often than the southern ones, the frequencies being 26.3% and 11.2%. It seems that dominance plays a significant role in the genetical variation of this seed orchard and that height growth is probably more rewarding breeding characteristic than quality, the difference being small, however.</p>
<p>The PDF includes a summary in English. </p>