<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

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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)

Pubblicato online: 14 ott 2017

Pagine: 139 - 145

Ricevuto: 15 nov 2006

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

Parole chiave
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)

Pubblicato online: 14 ott 2017

Pagine: 139 - 145

Ricevuto: 15 nov 2006

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

Parole chiaveAcacia saligna, agroforestry, mating system, high outcrossing.

© 2017

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

Parole chiave
Acacia saligna, agroforestry, mating system, high outcrossing.