The molecular basis of quantitative variation in foliar secondary metabolites in Eucalyptus globulus

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1041-1053

  Külheim, Carsten ^a   Yeoh, Suat Hui ^a,b   Wallis, Ian R ^a   Laffan, Shawn ^c   Moran, Gavin F ^a   Foley, William J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Flavonoids; Genetic association; Plant secondary metabolites; Plant herbivore interaction; Terpenes

Indexed keywords

CINEOLE; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVERGREEN TREE; FOLIAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POLYMORPHISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TERPENE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EUCALYPTUS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ALLELES; CYCLOHEXANOLS; EUCALYPTUS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; METABOLOME; MONOTERPENES; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 80051601164     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03769.x     Document Type: Article

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