Eucalypt domestication and breeding
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Eucalypt domestication and breeding
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1994
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Bibliography: p. [253]-279
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Description
Fast-growing eucalypts help to meet the demand for wood throughout the warmer parts of the world. They are grown in numerous small woods and windbreaks to produce poles and firewood, and in extensive plantations mainly for the pulp and paper industries. This book shows how to breed improved eucalypts that will provide more and better wood on appropriate sites selected through sound land planning. The emphasis is on making greater use of the immense richness of the
genetic resources of the eucalypts, especially in the first generation or two of domestication 'wild' eucalypts for wood production. This book covers those aspects of variation, selection, and reproduction that are unique to eucalypts. Large gains in production and quality can be obtained relatively
cheaply by choosing the best geographic seed sources (provenances). Once suitable base populations have been assembled, continued long-term genetic gain can be assured through well-planned recurrent selection and mating.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Eucalypts natural and planted
- 2. Genetic resources of eucalypts
- 3. Matching species and provenances to site
- 4. Testing species and provenances
- 5. Eucalyptus camaldulensis
- 6. Eucalyptus deglupta
- 7. Eucalyptus delegatensis
- 8. Eucalyptus fastigata
- 9. Eucalyptus globulus
- 10. Eucalyptus grandis and E. saligna
- 11. Eucalyptus nitens
- 12. Eucalyptus obliqua
- 13. Eucalyptus regnans
- 14. Eucalyptus tereticornis
- 15. Eucalyptus urophylla
- 16. Eucalyptus viminalis
- 17. Breeding strategies and breeding plans
- 18. Reproductive biology of eucalypts
- 19. Selection and breeding
- 20. Seed production
- 21. Mass vegetative propagation
- 22. Looking ahead
- Glossary
- References
- Index
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