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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2215-2504</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Forestal Mesoamericana Kurú]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Kurú]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2215-2504</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2215-25042024000200038</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18845/rfmk.v21i49.7254</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Desempeño de clones superiores de Gmelina arborea Roxb. en crecimiento, calidad y susceptibilidad a la pudrición del tronco, región Huetar Norte, Costa Rica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Performance of optimal clones of Gmelina arborea Roxb. in terms of growth, toquality and trunk rot susceptibility , in the Huetar Norte Region, Costa Rica]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Benavides-Fallas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rodrigo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ávila-Arias]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Murillo-Cruz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rafael]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ulloa-Saborío]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gerardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carmona-Solís]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Randall]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Asociación Conservación Osa  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Puntarenas ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Instituto de Investigación y Servicios Forestales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Heredia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ethical Forestry EFCR S.A Departamento de Investigación ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>21</volume>
<numero>49</numero>
<fpage>38</fpage>
<lpage>51</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2215-25042024000200038&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2215-25042024000200038&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2215-25042024000200038&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La silvicultura clonal intensiva con Gmelina arborea, promete ser una opción para atender la baja productividad que enfrentan los productores nacionales. No obstante, la calidad integral y sanidad de los individuos debe ser estudiada para mejorar la rentabilidad de las unidades de producción. Para caracterizar el desempeño de 15 genotipos superiores de melina, evaluados en tres sitios de la Región Huetar Norte, se estimaron diferencias estadísticas y la superioridad fenotípica (SF) de cada clon por su desempeño en volumen comercial (VC), calidad (C %) y volumen comercial de calidad (VCC). Además, se clasificó cada genotipo respecto a su susceptibilidad a la enfermedad &#8220;pudrición en el tronco&#8221;. Se identificó la población potencial comercial como los clones superiores al promedio poblacional en VCC y la población potencial de mejoramiento como los genotipos con SF mayor a 10 % en VCC. Las poblaciones potenciales comerciales, su impacto en VCC y los genotipos menos susceptibles a la enfermedad, son: Sitio Upala (2,8 años) 53 % del conjunto, impacto 2,21 m3 ha-1, el clon 1 poco susceptible. Sitio Cutris (5,9 años) 55 % de los clones, SF de 1,73 m3 ha-1, excepto el clon 6, esta población es menos susceptible. Sitio Guatuso (4,3 años) 61,5 % de los genotipos aumentaría en 3,24 m3 ha-1 el VCC, de esta población los clones 7, 11, 6 y 12 presentan menor susceptibilidad. En la región existe potencial fenotípico para impactar positivamente la rentabilidad de las unidades de producción; pero es necesario calcular los parámetros genéticos que respalden esta información.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Intensive silvicultural clonal experiments with Gmelina arborea seems to be an option to address the low productivity challenged by national producers. However, the quality and health of each clone should be assessed to improve the profitability of the production. We estimated statistical differences and phenotypic superiority (PF) of each clone to characterize the performance in terms commercial volume (CV), quality (C%) and commercial volume quality (VCC) of 15 superior Gmelina genotypes, evaluated in three sites of the Huetar Norte Region. In addition, each genotype was classified according to its susceptibility to the "trunk rot" diseaseThe potential commercial population was identified as the clones above the population average in VCC and the potential breeding population as the genotypes with SF greater than 10% in VCC. The potential commercial populations, the impact on VCC, and the genotypes less susceptible to disease were: Upala site (2.8 years) 53 % of the group, impact 2.21 m3 ha-1, clone 1 not very susceptible. Cutris site (5.9 years) 55 % of the clones, SF of 1.73 m3 ha-1, with the exception of clone 6, this population was less susceptible. Guatuso Site (4.3 years) 61.5 % of the genotypes, would increase the VCC by 3.24 m3 ha-1, of this population clones 7, 11, 6 and 12 present low susceptibility. In the region, there is phenotypic potential to influence positively the profitability of the production units, but it is essential to calculate the genetic parameters that support this.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Clonal forestry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[increase productivity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[melina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[phenotypic superiority]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Aumento de productividad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[melina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[silvicultura clonal, superioridad fenotípica.]]></kwd>
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