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Zusatztext Essential reading for all foresters concerned with Eucalypts. Klappentext Fast-growing eucalypts have long been recognized as useful in helping to meet the demand for wood throughout the warmer parts of the world. Eucalypts are exceptionally versatile and are grown in numerous small woods and windbreaks to produce poles as well as in extensive plantations managed bythe pulp and paper industries. This timely book shows how to breed improved eucalypts that will provide more and better wood on appropriate sites selected through sound planning. The author emphasizes making greater use of the immense richness of the genetic resources of the eucalypts! especiallyin the first or second generation of domesticated "wild" eucalypts harvested for wood production. The book details aspects of variation! selection! and reproduction that are unique to eucalypts. The author cogently asserts the case that large gains in production and quality can be obtained forrelatively little cost by choosing the best geographic seed sources. Once suitable base populations have been assembled! the author argues! well-planned recurrent selection and mating will assure continued long-term genetic gain. This book is essential reading for practicing foresters managingeucalypt plantations and will be of significant interest to planners and administrators in aid agencies. Zusammenfassung Fast-growing eucalypts help to meet the demand for wood throughout the warmer parts of the world. They are grown in numerous small woods and windbreaks to produce poles and firewood, and in extensive plantations mainly for the pulp and paper industries. This book shows how to breed improved eucalypts that will provide more and better wood on appropriate sites selected through sound land planning. The emphasis is on making greater use of the immense richness of the genetic resources of the eucalypts, especially in the first generation or two of domestication 'wild' eucalypts for wood production. This book covers those aspects of variation, selection, and reproduction that are unique to eucalypts. Large gains in production and quality can be obtained relatively cheaply by choosing the best geographic seed sources (provenances). Once suitable base populations have been assembled, continued long-term genetic gain can be assured through well-planned recurrent selection and mating. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Eucalypts natural and planted 2: Genetic resources of eucalypts 3: Matching species and provenances to site 4: Testing species and provenances 5: Eucalyptus camaldulensis 6: Eucalyptus deglupta 7: Eucalyptus delegatensis 8: Eucalyptus fastigata 9: Eucalyptus globulus 10: Eucalyptus grandis and E. saligna 11: Eucalyptus nitens 12: Eucalyptus obliqua 13: Eucalyptus regnans 14: Eucalyptus tereticornis 15: Eucalyptus urophylla 16: Eucalyptus viminalis 17: Breeding strategies and breeding plans 18: Reproductive biology of eucalypts 19: Selection and breeding 20: Seed production 21: Mass vegetative propagation 22: Looking ahead Glossary References Index ...
