Pollen contamination in Acacia saligna: Assessing the risks for sustainable agroforestry

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 106, Issue , 2007, Pages 101-110

  Millar, M A ^a,b   Byrne, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CRC for Plant Based Management of Dryland Salinity ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia saligna; Agroforestry; Genetic contamination; Inter subspecific hybridisation; Isolation distances; Microsatellites; Paternity analysis; Pollen dispersal; Risk assessment; Species complex

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HYBRIDIZATION; POLLEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA SALIGNA;

EID: 38849176142     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ECO070111     Document Type: Article

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