Research Project
Researchers: Prof Robert Henry (Chief Investigator) , ARC Linkage Grant LP1701000985 (Funded by) , Dr Alison Muneri (Partner Investigator) , Research Fellow Mervyn Shepherd (Associated with)
Full description
Eucalypts are one of the worlds top sources of hardwood saw and pulp logs. This project provided a model for accelerated tree improvement for wood quality. Linking genes for wood formation with wood quality phenotypes in spotted gum, a priority hardwood eucalypt for Northern Australia. The significance of the approach is time and costs saved in the deployment of plantations of higher wood quality through the circumvention of delays to generate populations required for alternative approaches and early selection available with molecular breeding.
Data time period: 19 11 2000 to 07 2008
- ARC : LP0348613
- Local : scu.edu.au/projplant-001
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP0348613
