The sequential onset of terpenoid biogenesis in seedlings: Implications for Melaleuca alternifolia chemotype identification prior to plantation establishment

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 597, Issue , 2004, Pages 31-47

  Southwell, I A ^a   Russell, M F ^a  

^a Wollongbar Agricultural Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian tea tree; Biogenesis; Chemotype identification; Cotyledon leaf; Essential oil; Melaleuca alternifolia; Plantation quality; Terpenoid pathways

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879663367     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.597.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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