Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0218877

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0218877

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Potential of Corymbia torelliana hybrids for hardwood forestry and investigation of their seed dispersal by Trigona bees. Cadaghi (Corymbia torelliana) and their hybrids with spotted gums (C. variegata complex) have enormous potential for plantation forestry. These hybrids have many excellent features that make them exciting as hardwood species, such as resistence to disease, tolerance of marginal environments, good wood properties, and fast growth rates. This project will create hybrids between Corymbia torelliana and spotted gums to identify hybrids which are suitable for sustainable wood production on marginal agricultural lands. An unusual feature of Cadaghi is that native Trigona bees disperse their seeds. This project will investigate this unique seed dispersal mechanism and identify features of hybrids that are not attractive to bees. This will prevent environmental problems by preventing hybrids from dispersing seeds, becoming weedy and harming the Trigona bees.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-10-2002

End Date: 01-10-2005

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $192,377.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Terrestrial Ecology | Tree Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering) | Forestry Sciences | Plant Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Forestry | Hardwood plantations | Living resources (flora and fauna) |

Other Keywords

Forestry | Forestry Sciences | Hardwood plantations | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Plant Physiology | Terrestrial Ecology | Tree Improvement (Selection, Breeding And Genetic Engineering)

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