Eucalypt gene pool management

Research Project

Researchers: A/Prof Bradley Potts (Chief Investigator) ,  Rene Vaillancourt (Chief Investigator) ,  ARC Linkage Grant LP1701000985 (Funded by) ,  Research Fellow Mervyn Shepherd (Associated with)

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This project provided the biological information necessary to assess the risk of genetic pollution of native eucalypt forest from plantations of Eucalyptus globulus and Corymbia torelliana. Key biological factors that act as barriers to hybridisation including flowering time, pollen and seed dispersal distances, crossability, hybrid fitness and the potential for backcrossing were identified and used to develop strategies to reduce the risk of genetic pollution. The molecular differentiation between populations of the E. globulus complex, including plantations, were studied to provide a genetic framework for the management of the genepool of this most important hardwood plantation species.

Data time period: 20 11 2000 to 20 07 2008