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Genetic variation in the susceptibility of Eucalyptus globulus to drought damage

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Genetic variation in drought damage in Eucalyptus globulus was studied in a sublined trial series across four neighbouring sites in Western Australia linked by ten common families. The trials included approximately 400 open-pollinated families, encompassing 51 native stand collection localities and 19 subraces from throughout the geographic range of the species. Data were analysed using mixed models, with spatial analysis used to better identify genetic effects. Significant subrace differences in drought damage were detected, with both broad-scale, regional and localised clines evident. The quantitative genetic differentiation between subraces as measured by Q ST (0.39 ± 0.091) was significantly greater than the F ST for neutral marker expectations and consistent with diversifying selection shaping the patterns of subrace divergence in drought susceptibility. This conclusion is supported by the significant association of subrace drought susceptibility with bioclimatic parameters, particularly those associated with temperature seasonality. Less drought damage was observed in subraces originating from areas with more temperature seasonality, but also less radiation and rainfall seasonality, less winter rainfall, higher radiation and higher temperatures in the warmest month. Significant additive genetic variation in drought damage was detected within subraces, with narrow-sense heritabilities ranging from 0.14 to 0.20. We argue that spatial genetic variation in drought susceptibility of E. globulus has been shaped by natural selection acting at multiple scales and discuss opportunities for exploiting this genetic variation in breeding and deployment programs.

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The authors acknowledge the contribution of Bunnings Treefarms (now WA Plantation Resources-WAPRES) and the former Western Australian Tree Breeding Association (particularly Trevor Butcher) for establishing and maintaining the trials used in this analysis and for the permission of WAPRES to collect, analyse and publish the data. Furthermore, we would like to thank Mark Hovenden for running ANUCLIM for us, the various staff members of the School of Plant Science who willingly looked at our many graphs to help with the interpretation, Don White and René Vaillancourt for their contribution to helpful discussions and Don White and Tony McRae for comments on the manuscript. Funding for this study was provided by an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (LP0884001) which has the Southern Tree Breeding Association, seedEnergy Pty Ltd and PlantPlan Genetics Pty Ltd as partner organisations.

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Dutkowski, G.W., Potts, B.M. Genetic variation in the susceptibility of Eucalyptus globulus to drought damage. Tree Genetics & Genomes 8, 757–773 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-011-0461-8

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