Overview
- Complete and critical account of the work on provenance research and tree breeding
- Track the development of breeding strategy for P. radiata, Douglas-fir and the most important eucalypt species, E. regnans, E. fastigata and E. nitens
- Compendium of summaries of publications by New Zealand authors on genetics and tree breeding
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About this book
Dothistroma pini changed New Zealand commercial forestry dramatically. Tree breeding became concentrated on a very few species and development of selection methods and breeding strategies changed in response to the new challenges.
Tree-Breeding and Genetics in New Zealand provides a critical historical account of the work on provenance research and tree breeding, often with the wisdom of hindsight, and it tracks the development of breeding strategy, especially for P. radiata, Douglas-fir and the most important eucalypt species, E. regnans, E. fastigata and E. nitens.
The book is a compendium of abstracts and summaries of all publications and reports on tree improvement in New Zealand since the early 1950s, with added critical comment by the author on much of the work. It is intended for other tree breeders internationally, for interested NZ foresters and for graduate students studying genetics and tree breeding.Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tree Breeding and Genetics in New Zealand
Authors: C.J.A. Shelbourne, Mike Carson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18460-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18459-9Published: 24 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18462-9Published: 25 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-18460-5Published: 09 August 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 225
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: Tree Biology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Plant Ecology