Ecotype variation in early growth, coppicing, and shoot architecture of tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia)

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 844-856

  Shepherd, Mervyn ^a   Wood, Rachel ^a   Raymond, Carolyn ^a   Ablett, Gary ^a   Rose, Terry ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Essential oil crop; Geographic variation; Low resource adaptation; Terpene

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; BIOMASS; CROPS; ESSENTIAL OILS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; TERPENES;

CONTAINER GROWN PLANTS; DRY MATTER CONTENT; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM COLLECTIONS; LOW RESOURCE ADAPTATION; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; RELATIVE GROWTH RATE; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS; DRY MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESSENTIAL OIL; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GERMPLASM; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; NATIVE SPECIES; ROOT SYSTEM; SHRUB; TERPENE; TOLERANCE; TREE PLANTING; UPLAND REGION; WOOD;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA;

EID: 84939432664     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.07.076     Document Type: Article

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