신속하게 생장하는 소나무의 조기 선발인자를 구명하고자 32년생 소나무의 풍매차대 검정결과로 얻어진 재적지수를 기준으로 상, 중, 하로 구분하여 선발된 12가계의 생장특성과 동일한 가계의 유묘 생장특성과의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 선발된 12가계의 종자 특성과 동일 가계의 성목 생장특성과는 상관관계가 없었으며 다만 소나무 유묘의 초기 생장과는 관련이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 가계별 1년생의 유묘 건물중과 성목의 재적지수(32년생)와는 1%의 유의적 정의 상관
A comparative study was conducted on genetic correlation between 12 open-pollinated families (32-year-old) and their one-year-old seedlings for early selection on the fast-growing trait in Pinus densiflora S. et Z.. Those twelve families were divided into three groups such as superior, intermediate, and inferior, on the base of the growth indexes of 32-year-old P. densiflora. The growth performance of the 32-year-old P. densiflora showed significant correlation with the growth traits of their one-year-old seedlings. Dry weights of the seedlings had significant correlation (P < 0.01) with the growth index of the adult plants and its R2 value was 0.597, suggesting that 59.7% of the families could be selected by using dry weights of one-year-old seedlings. Furthermore, the growth rates of seedling heights for superior, intermediate, and inferior groups were 4.568, 3.773, and 3.535, respectively, resulting that seedlings of the superior group grew approximately 1.3-fold faster than those of the inferior group. Therefore, we concluded that two growth traits of one-year-old seedlings dry weight and growth rate were suppose to the early selection factors for the fast-growing trait for P. densiflora.