<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)

Silvae Genetica

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

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)

Publié en ligne: 14 oct. 2017

Pages: 139 - 145

Reçu: 15 nov. 2006

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

Mots clés
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)

Publié en ligne: 14 oct. 2017

Pages: 139 - 145

Reçu: 15 nov. 2006

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

Mots clésAcacia saligna, agroforestry, mating system, high outcrossing.

© 2017

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

Mots clés
Acacia saligna, agroforestry, mating system, high outcrossing.