Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0212042
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Understanding and manipulating stress physiology of eucalypt seedlings to improve survival and growth. Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens are the major species being established to meet the 2020 Vision (Anon 1999) of trebling Australia's plantation estate. Seedling mortality and/or reduced growth after planting, linked to the transition from ideal growing conditions in the nursery to stressful conditions (high drought and browsing risk) at the planting sites, significantly increase the costs of plantation production. By investigating physiological mechanisms of seedlings and their responses to drought and browsing stress during establishment in the field, methods for the production of seedlings acclimated to drought or browsing stress will be developed. The research outcomes will help maximise the financial return on over $28 M per annum being invested by the 8 project partners in seedling production and planting over 80, 000 ha per year for the next 19 years to meet the requirements of Vision 2020.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2002
End Date: 12-2004
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $187,118.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Nutrition And Physiology | Management And Environment | Forestry Sciences
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Integration of farm and forestry | Forestry | Hardwood plantations |
