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Publisher: Forest Research Institute Malaysia
Date: 11-10-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2017
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 21-01-2021
DOI: 10.3390/D13020039
Abstract: Landscape degradation is a major threat to global bio ersity that is being further exacerbated by climate change. Halting or reversing bio ersity decline using seed-based restoration requires tons of seed, most of which is sourced from wild populations. However, in regions where restoration is most urgent, wild seed sources are often fragmented, declining and producing seed with low genetic ersity. Seed production areas (SPAs) can help to reduce the burden of collecting native seed from remnant vegetation, improve genetic ersity in managed seed crops and contribute to species conservation. Banksia marginata (Proteaceae) is a key restoration species in south-eastern Australia but is highly fragmented and declining across much of its range. We evaluated genetic ersity, population genetic structure and relatedness in two B. marginata SPAs and the wild populations from which the SPA germplasm was sourced. We found high levels of relatedness within most remnants and that the population genetic structure was best described by three groups of trees. We suggest that SPAs are likely to be important to meet future native seed demand but that best practice protocols are required to assist land managers design and manage these resources including genetic analyses to guide the selection of germplasm.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-03-2018
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-11-2014
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 28-12-2019
DOI: 10.1002/JGH3.12125
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 21-07-2021
DOI: 10.1093/AOB/MCAB085
Abstract: This article comments on: T. R. Pfeilsticker, R. C. Jones, D. A. Steane, P. A. Harrison, R. E. Vaillancourt and B. M. Potts, Expansion of the rare Eucalyptus risdonii under climate change through hybridization with a closely related species despite hybrid inferiority, Annals of Botany, Volume 129, Issue 1, 1 January 2022, Pages 1–14 0.1093/aob/mcab103
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2010
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Date: 02-07-2019
DOI: 10.1101/689117
Abstract: The asymmetric Gram-negative outer membrane (OM) is the first line of defence for the bacteria against environmental insults and attack by antimicrobials. The key component of the OM barrier is the surface exposed lipopolysaccharide, which is transported to the surface by the essential lipopolysaccharide transport (Lpt) system. Correct folding of the Lpt system OM component, LptD, is essential and is regulated by a periplasmic metalloprotease, BepA. Here we present the crystal structure of BepA, solved to a resolution of 1.9 Å. Our structure comprises the zinc-bound m48 protease domain and a tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain, consisting of four 2-helix TPR motifs and four non-TPR helices, leading to a nautilus-like shape in which the TPR repeats cup the protease domain. Using targeted mutagenesis approaches, we demonstrate that the protein is auto-regulated by the active-site plug. Further to this we reveal that mutation of a negative pocket, formed at the interface between the m48 and TPR domains, impairs BepA activity suggesting the pocket as a possible substrate binding site. We also identify a potential protein interaction site within the TPR cavity as being important for BepA function. Lastly, we provide evidence to show that increased antibiotic susceptibility in the absence of correctly functioning BepA occurs through disruption of OM lipid asymmetry, leading to reduced barrier function and increased cell permeability.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-09-2014
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-10-2022
DOI: 10.1186/S12302-022-00680-6
Abstract: The NORMAN Association ( www.norman-network.com/ ) initiated the NORMAN Suspect List Exchange (NORMAN-SLE ds/SLE/ ) in 2015, following the NORMAN collaborative trial on non-target screening of environmental water s les by mass spectrometry. Since then, this exchange of information on chemicals that are expected to occur in the environment, along with the accompanying expert knowledge and references, has become a valuable knowledge base for “suspect screening” lists. The NORMAN-SLE now serves as a FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) chemical information resource worldwide. The NORMAN-SLE contains 99 separate suspect list collections (as of May 2022) from over 70 contributors around the world, totalling over 100,000 unique substances. The substance classes include per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), pharmaceuticals, pesticides, natural toxins, high production volume substances covered under the European REACH regulation (EC: 1272/2008), priority contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and regulatory lists from NORMAN partners. Several lists focus on transformation products (TPs) and complex features detected in the environment with various levels of provenance and structural information. Each list is available for separate download. The merged, curated collection is also available as the NORMAN Substance Database (NORMAN SusDat). Both the NORMAN-SLE and NORMAN SusDat are integrated within the NORMAN Database System (NDS). The in idual NORMAN-SLE lists receive digital object identifiers (DOIs) and traceable versioning via a Zenodo community ( ommunities/norman-sle ), with a total of 40,000 unique views, 50,000 unique downloads and 40 citations (May 2022). NORMAN-SLE content is progressively integrated into large open chemical databases such as PubChem ( pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ ) and the US EPA’s CompTox Chemicals Dashboard ( ashboard/ ), enabling further access to these lists, along with the additional functionality and calculated properties these resources offer. PubChem has also integrated significant annotation content from the NORMAN-SLE, including a classification browser ( lassification/#hid=101 ). The NORMAN-SLE offers a specialized service for hosting suspect screening lists of relevance for the environmental community in an open, FAIR manner that allows integration with other major chemical resources. These efforts foster the exchange of information between scientists and regulators, supporting the paradigm shift to the “one substance, one assessment” approach. New submissions are welcome via the contacts provided on the NORMAN-SLE website ( ds/SLE/ ).
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 13-07-2022
DOI: 10.3390/F13071102
Abstract: An investigation of the effects of two important post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms, gene transcription and alternative splicing (AS), on the wood formation of Eucalyptusurophylla × tereticornis, an economic tree species widely planted in southern China, was carried out. We performed RNA-seq on E. urophylla × tereticornis hybrids with highly contrasting wood basic density (BD), cellulose content (CC), hemicellulose content (HC), and lignin content (LC). Signals of strong differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and differentially spliced genes (DSGs) were detected in all four groups of wood properties, suggesting that gene transcription and selective splicing may have important regulatory roles in wood properties. We found that there was little overlap between DEGs and DSGs in groups of the same trait. Furthermore, the key DEGs and DSGs that were detected simultaneously in the four groups tended to be enriched in different Gene Ontology terms, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathways, and transcription factors. These results implied that regulation of gene transcription and AS is controlled by independent regulatory systems in wood formation. Lastly, we detected transcript levels of known wood biosynthetic genes and found that 79 genes encoding mainly enzymes or proteins such as UGT, LAC, CAD, and CESA may be involved in the positive or negative regulation of wood properties. This study reveals potential molecular mechanisms that may regulate wood formation and will contribute to the genetic improvement of Eucalyptus.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 15-07-2022
DOI: 10.3390/F13071109
Abstract: Novel genetic accessions of Eucalyptus polybractea from a previously untested, hotter and drier part of the species’ natural range were tested in a common garden trial at a semi-arid site in NSW, Australia. Eucalyptus polybractea is a mallee eucalypt cultivated for essential oils (1,8-cineole), bioenergy and carbon sequestration on dryland sites in southern Australia (sites receiving about 450 mm mean annual rainfall, MAR). A trial of six previously untested provenances from the relatively hot, dry part of the species’ natural range in South Australia (SA) (250–450 mm MAR) was established alongside seven provenances from New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria within a commercial plantation in NSW. The trial was assessed at age 3.7 years for growth and oil characteristics. While survival was excellent, most of the SA sources were slower growing and of sub-standard oil concentration and quality relative to those from Victoria and NSW. However, a single SA provenance, with the highest oil concentration and 1,8-cineole percentage of all provenances tested, may have potential as a source of selected germplasm. Infusion of SA material into the breeding populations of E. polybractea, which are currently based on NSW and Victorian selections only, may provide more resilience in the face of hotter and drier temperatures expected under projected climate change scenarios, and/or allow the introduction of the species to hotter and drier climates in Australia or other parts of the world with semi-arid climates. However, high-intensity selection of infusions will be required to maintain the growth and oil characteristics in the existing breeding population.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-01-2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2014
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-02-2021
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-021-21266-5
Abstract: Australia’s 2019–2020 ‘Black Summer’ bushfires burnt more than 8 million hectares of vegetation across the south-east of the continent, an event unprecedented in the last 200 years. Here we report the impacts of these fires on vascular plant species and communities. Using a map of the fires generated from remotely sensed hotspot data we show that, across 11 Australian bioregions, 17 major native vegetation groups were severely burnt, and up to 67–83% of globally significant rainforests and eucalypt forests and woodlands. Based on geocoded species occurrence data we estimate that % of known populations or ranges of 816 native vascular plant species were burnt during the fires, including more than 100 species with geographic ranges more than 500 km across. Habitat and fire response data show that most affected species are resilient to fire. However, the massive biogeographic, demographic and taxonomic breadth of impacts of the 2019–2020 fires may leave some ecosystems, particularly relictual Gondwanan rainforests, susceptible to regeneration failure and landscape-scale decline.
Publisher: Commonwealth Forestry Association
Date: 12-2012
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 24-01-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2020
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Date: 12-2015
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01469-15
Abstract: β-Lactam resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is mediated by the expression of an alternative penicillin-binding protein 2a (PBP2a) (encoded by mecA ) with a low affinity for β-lactam antibiotics. Recently, a novel variant of mecA , known as mecC , was identified in MRSA isolates from both humans and animals. In this study, we demonstrate that mecC -encoded PBP2c does not mediate resistance to penicillin. Rather, broad-spectrum β-lactam resistance in MRSA strains carrying mecC ( mecC -MRSA strains) is mediated by a combination of both PBP2c and the distinct β-lactamase encoded by the blaZ gene of strain LGA251 ( blaZ LGA251 ), which is part of mecC -encoding staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCC mec ) type XI. We further demonstrate that mecC -MRSA strains are susceptible to the combination of penicillin and the β-lactam inhibitor clavulanic acid in vitro and that the same combination is effective in vivo for the treatment of experimental mecC -MRSA infection in wax moth larvae. Thus, we demonstrate how the distinct biological differences between mecA - and mecC -encoded PBP2a and PBP2c have the potential to be exploited as a novel approach for the treatment of mecC -MRSA infections.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2015
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 11-09-2017
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268817002011
Abstract: Little is known about Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in Asia. The aims of our study were to explore (i) the prevalence, risk factors and molecular epidemiology of CDI and colonization in a tertiary academic hospital in North-Eastern Peninsular Malaysia (ii) the rate of carriage of C. difficile among the elderly in the region (iii) the awareness level of this infection among the hospital staffs and students. For stool s les collected from hospital inpatients with diarrhea ( n = 76) and healthy community members ( n = 138), C. difficile antigen and toxins were tested by enzyme immunoassay. Stool s les were subsequently analyzed by culture and molecular detection of toxin genes, and PCR ribotyping of isolates. To examine awareness among hospital staff and students, participants were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire. For the hospital and community studies, the prevalence of non-toxigenic C. difficile colonization was 16% and 2%, respectively. The prevalence of CDI among hospital inpatients with diarrhea was 13%. Out of 22 C. difficile strains from hospital inpatients, the toxigenic ribotypes 043 and 017 were most common (both 14%). In univariate analysis, C. difficile colonization in hospital inpatients was significantly associated with greater duration of hospitalization and use of penicillin (both P 0·05). Absence of these factors was a possible reason for low colonization in the community. Only 3% of 154 respondents answered all questions correctly in the awareness survey. C. difficile colonization is prevalent in a Malaysian hospital setting but not in the elderly community with little or no contact with hospitals. Awareness of CDI is alarmingly poor.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2015
Publisher: Joint Venture Agroforestry Program
Date: 2002
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.1071/BT15049
Abstract: Seeds collected from 28 natural provenances and introduced populations of Casuarina equisetifolia subsp. equisetifolia L. from Oceania, Asia and Africa were used to study geographic variation in growth and morphology of nursery-grown seedlings. Ten characteristics related to growth and branching habit were measured for each seedling and the resultant data subjected to univariate and multivariate analyses. In general, seedlings from Oceania grew more slowly, were more densely branched with fine and upright branching, and had fewer teeth per whorl than those from other areas. Cluster analysis effectively separated Oceania from Asian natural provenances, and revealed the probable original sources of introductions to different parts of Asia and Africa. Further investigation into the pattern of variation through molecular characterisation of genetic material from all major regions of distribution is warranted in order to better understand the genetic relationships and enhance more efficient utilisation of this important casuarina species.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 22-06-2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2020
Publisher: Department of Forest Management
Date: 30-04-2017
DOI: 10.7226/JTFM.23.1.1
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-2011
DOI: 10.4155/BFS.11.136
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 22-09-2016
Publisher: RIRDC/Land & Water Australia/FWPRDC Joint Venture Agroforestry Program
Date: 2002
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-08-2011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2015
Publisher: Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Date: 2009
Publisher: Commonwealth Forestry Association
Date: 12-2012
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 22-06-2010
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 13-01-2020
Abstract: High-throughput genotyping techniques have enabled large-scale genomic analysis to precisely predict complex traits in many plant species. However, not all species can be well represented in commercial SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) arrays. In this study, a high-density SNP array (60 K) developed for commercial Eucalyptus was used to genotype a breeding population of Eucalyptus cladocalyx, yielding only ~3.9 K informative SNPs. Traditional Bayesian genomic models were investigated to predict flowering, stem quality and growth traits by considering the following effects: (i) polygenic background and all informative markers (GS model) and (ii) polygenic background, QTL-genotype effects (determined by GWAS) and SNP markers that were not associated with any trait (GSq model). The estimates of pedigree-based heritability and genomic heritability varied from 0.08 to 0.34 and 0.002 to 0.5, respectively, whereas the predictive ability varied from 0.19 (GS) and 0.45 (GSq). The GSq approach outperformed GS models in terms of predictive ability when the proportion of the variance explained by the significant marker-trait associations was higher than those explained by the polygenic background and non-significant markers. This approach can be particularly useful for plant/tree species poorly represented in the high-density SNP arrays, developed for economically important species, or when high-density marker panels are not available.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2013
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-01-2013
Publisher: CSIRO
Date: 2018
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 08-08-2011
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1111/EMR.12148
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 10-04-2020
DOI: 10.3390/F11040432
Abstract: Research Highlights: High variation of genetic ersity and differentiation among 27 seed sources within 14 natural provenances and 13 land race s les of Casuarina equisetifolia were found. High proportions of monoecious in iduals may be present in some populations, as indicated by severe heterozytote deficiency and inbreeding found in many provenances and land races. The most probable origins of the land races were inferred according to the values of pairwise provenance differentiation and Nei’s genetic distances. Targeted introductions and testing of unrelated new accessions of C. equisetifolia from the Pacific and Philippines was proposed to identify Ralstonia-resistant genotypes. Background and Objectives: Casuarina equisetifolia was introduced to China a hundred years ago and has become a critically important tree species in coastal protection since the 1950s. Despite its importance, patterns of genetic variation, genetic relationships among natural provenances and probable origins of the land races remain unresolved. This has become a concern in China where Ralstonia solanacearum bacterial wilt has devastated plantations that are known to be from a narrow genetic base that urgently needs to be broadened. Materials and Methods: Fourteen natural provenances from Australia, Pacific islands and Southeast Asia, and 13 land race s les from parts of Asia and Africa outside the natural range were genotyped using 13 SSR (Simple Sequence Repeats) markers to characterize their allelic variation and genetic relationship. Results: Significant genetic ersity and differentiation among 27 seed sources within 14 provenances and 13 land race s les of C. equisetifolia was indicated. Significant heterozygote deficiency and inbreeding was indicated for a number of provenances, perhaps indicating a high proportion of monoecious parents in these populations. The most probable origins of the land races of the introduced countries were suggested according to the values of pairwise provenance differentiation (FST) and Nei’s genetic distances. Conclusions: We found significant genetic ersity and genetic differentiation among seed sources of C. equisetifolia. While in idual land races do not appear to lack ersity, we were able to infer the origins of some, allowing targeted introductions of unrelated material to be made. In the case of the Chinese land race, targeting and testing new accessions from the Pacific and the Philippines may be a good strategy to identify Ralstonia-resistant genotypes.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 17-05-2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-04-2014
Publisher: National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
Date: 02-01-2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2012
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2017
DOI: 10.1111/EMR.12275
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2011
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.1071/BT15184
Abstract: Understanding the reproductive biology of plant species is essential for successful domestication and genetic improvement programs. Casuarina equisetifolia L. is an important plantation species in China and India but information on reproductive biology is limited. To address this issue, grafted ramets of C. equisetifolia were used to study floral biology, breeding system and progeny performance. The female floral longevity of C. equisetifolia reached 28.4 days under non-pollination conditions, which was significantly longer than that of supplementary pollination (5.5 days) and open pollination (12.2 days), implying successful pollination would accelerate senescence of female flowers. Higher fruit set (88.8%) and seed set (35.7%) under supplementary pollination were obtained, compared with 75.9% and 21.7%, respectively, under open pollination, although there were no fruit set and seed set under non-pollination conditions. Pollen limitation was evident based on pollen limitation index (0.39) in seedling plantations of C. equisetifolia. Selfed seedlings had low height and diameter growth in both nursery and field trials and markedly lower survival in field trial, indicating inbreeding depression. Microsatellite-based estimates of selfing rate of open pollinated, monoecious in iduals was 42%, suggesting that monoecious C. equisetifolia in iduals are self-compatible, and that the breeding system should be classified as facultative xenogamy.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2017
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-03-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S11295-022-01547-W
Abstract: Increasing [CO 2 ] may influence commercial crop and timber yield. While selection of genotypes sensitive to elevated [CO 2 ] (e[CO 2 ]) appears possible in agricultural crops, there is limited evidence for genotype-by-CO 2 (G × CO 2 ) interactions in commercial tree species. We examined [CO 2 ] responsiveness in 124 open-pollinated Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus ( E. globulus ) families with the aim of assessing whether G × CO 2 interactions are detectable in seedlings for early-age screening. Plants were grown in ambient (a[CO 2 ] ~ 405 μmol mol −1 ) and e[CO 2 ] (640 μmol mol −1 ) and harvested 25 days after germination. Total, shoot, and root dry weights were determined for each plant. Carbon isotopic discrimination against 13 C (Δ 13 C) was determined at the family level. We observed highly significant ( p 0.0001) increases in mean total, shoot, and root dry weights. Mixed-model equations were used to estimate the main and interaction effects of the G × CO 2 for each mass trait. The main effects from the mixed-model output ([CO 2 ] and in idual-tree effects) were significant for all traits. However, [CO 2 ]-by-in idual tree interactions were non-significant for all traits, indicating little G × CO 2 interaction. A secondary aim was to examine the correlation between greenhouse and mature-age growth from breeding trials that use common families conducted under ambient [CO 2 ]. These correlations were non-significant, suggesting early growth is not necessarily indicative of later-age responses. Our results suggest that while early growth of E. globulus is enhanced under e[CO 2 ], genotypes respond relatively uniformly to e[CO 2 ] and little opportunity exists for seedling-based selection at the population level based upon the response of plants during the first weeks of growth.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 19-08-2017
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2023
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 18-01-2023
DOI: 10.3389/FPLS.2022.1099705
Abstract: Eucalyptus urophylla , E. tereticornis and their hybrids are the most important commercial forest tree species in South China where they are grown for pulpwood and solid wood production. Construction of a fine-scale genetic linkage map and detecting quantitative trait loci (QTL) for economically important traits linked to these end-uses will facilitate identification of the main candidate genes and elucidate the regulatory mechanisms. A high-density consensus map (a total of 2754 SNPs with 1359.18 cM) was constructed using genotyping by sequencing (GBS) on clonal progenies of E. urophylla × tereticornis hybrids. QTL mapping of growth and wood property traits were conducted in three common garden experiments, resulting in a total of 108 QTLs. A total of 1052 candidate genes were screened by the efficient combination of QTL mapping and transcriptome analysis. Only ten QTLs were found to be stable across two environments, and only one ( qSG10Stable mapped on chromosome 10, and associated with lignin syringyl-to-guaiacyl ratio) was stable across all three environments. Compared to other QTLs, qSG10Stable explained a very high level of phenotypic variation (18.4–23.6%), perhaps suggesting that QTLs with strong effects may be more stably inherited across multiple environments. Screened candidate genes were associated with some transcription factor families, such as TALE, which play an important role in the secondary growth of plant cell walls and the regulation of wood formation. While QTLs such as qSG10Stable , found to be stable across three sites, appear to be comparatively uncommon, their identification is likely to be a key to practical QTL-based breeding. Further research involving clonally-replicated populations, deployed across multiple target planting sites, will be required to further elucidate QTL-by-environment interactions.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 19-10-2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 10-04-2023
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 1999
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 21-07-2022
DOI: 10.3390/F13071152
Abstract: Allocasuarina verticillata (Lam.) L.A.S. Johnson is a widespread species in south-eastern Australia providing vegetation cover, protecting fragile soils and providing food for birds. Understanding the effects of gene flow on the recruitment patterns, genetic differentiation and structure of fragmented populations provides fundamental guidelines to underpin plant conservation strategies and activities. In this study, four spatially disjunct populations of A. verticillata were s led to explore the effects of population size, reproductive patterns and pollen and seed dispersal on among-population genetic ersity, genetic differentiation and structure, using field survey and microsatellite marker techniques. It was found that stands of A. verticillata were predominantly sexually reproductive, but asexual reproduction through root suckering was an additional mode of reproduction. The reproductive success of A. verticillata is positively correlated with the effective population size rather than actual population size. The reduction in effective population size and increment of spatial isolation resulted in lower genetic ersity and higher inbreeding coefficient of progenies. Moderate pairwise genetic differentiation and weak genetic structure were identified. The results suggest that exogenous, wind-mediated pollen flow provides some maintenance of genetic ersity in the isolated stands. Seed dispersal appears mainly to be over short distances (i.e., within populations), but the infrequent transport of seeds between disjunct locations cannot be ruled out as another factor that may help maintain genetic ersity.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2007
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 05-10-2019
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 24-11-2018
DOI: 10.1007/S10482-018-1205-7
Abstract: Casuarina trees are planted along the coast from Hainan province in South China to the Zhoushan Islands of Zhejiang province in Southeastern China. Three key species, Casuarina equisetifolia, Casuarina cunninghamiana and Casuarina glauca, are used as windbreaks, in agroforestry systems, and for the production of timber and fuel wood. Frankia have been studied in China since 1984. Today, Frankia research fields are very wide, and cover morphology, physiology and genetic ersity, and the application of inocula for specific purposes on poor quality sites. In this paper, we review the role of Frankia inoculations in nurseries and casuarina plantations in China and discuss the benefits of inoculation.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 08-2018
Location: Australia
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