Estimation of Genetic and Phenotypic Parameters for Growth Traits in a Clonal Seed Orchard of Pinus kesiya in Malawi

Table 5

Genetic (below diagonal) and phenotypic (above diagonal) correlations and their standard errors in parenthesis for height, dbh and volume traits at different ages.

Age (years)	Trait	Height (h)	dbh	Volume
18	Height (h)		0.68 (0.05)	0.74 (0.04)
	dbh	0.79 (0.04)		0.95 (0.01)
	Volume	0.86 (0.03)	0.97 (0.01)
23	Height (h)		0.67 (0.05)	0.72 (0.04)
	dbh	0.76 (0.05)		0.93 (0.02)
	Volume	0.85 (0.04)	0.95 (0.01)
30	Height (h)		0.65 (0.05)	0.69 (0.05)
	dbh	0.75 (0.05)		0.92 (0.02)
	Volume	0.82 (0.03)	0.94 (0.01)
35	Height (h)		0.62 (0.06)	0.68 (0.05)
	dbh	0.71 (0.06)		0.91 (0.02)
	Volume	0.81 (0.04)	0.92 (0.02)
40	Height (h)		0.60 (0.05)	0.63 (0.07)
	dbh	0.69 (0.07)		0.90 (0.03)
	Volume	0.78 (0.05)	0.91 (0.03)