<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Acacia saligna is being developed as an agroforestry crop for the southern agricultural regions of Australia. This study investigated the breeding system of A. saligna to generate basic knowledge for breeding and utilization of the species. Allozyme markers were used to investigate the mating system of four populations of the species. All the populations had high outcrossing rates, with a mean multilocus outcrossing rate of 0.91. The implications of a highly outcrossed mating system to the utilization of A. saligna are discussed.</p></abstract>

Acacia saligna is being developed as an agroforestry crop for the southern agricultural regions of Australia. This study investigated the breeding system of A. saligna to generate basic knowledge for breeding and utilization of the species. Allozyme markers were used to investigate the mating system of four populations of the species. All the populations had high outcrossing rates, with a mean multilocus outcrossing rate of 0.91. The implications of a highly outcrossed mating system to the utilization of A. saligna are discussed.

Mixed Mating With Preferential Outcrossing in Acacia saligna (Labill.) H. Wendl. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)

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Acacia saligna is being developed as an agroforestry crop for the southern agricultural regions of Australia. This study investigated the breeding system of A....

Mixed Mating With Preferential Outcrossing in Acacia saligna (Labill.) H. Wendl. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)

Publicado en línea: 14 oct 2017

Páginas: 139 - 145

Recibido: 15 nov 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sg-2008-0021

Palabras clave
Acacia saligna, agroforestry, mating system, high outcrossing.

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mixed Mating With Preferential Outcrossing in Acacia saligna (Labill.) H. Wendl. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)

Publicado en línea: 14 oct 2017

Páginas: 139 - 145

Recibido: 15 nov 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sg-2008-0021

Palabras claveAcacia saligna, agroforestry, mating system, high outcrossing.

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
Acacia saligna, agroforestry, mating system, high outcrossing.