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Proceedings of QFRI/CRC-SPF Symposium

"Hybrid Breeding and Genetics of Forest Trees"

9-14 April 2000, Noosa, Queensland, Australia

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WELCOME

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Monday April 10, Morning Session

Monday April 10, Afternoon Session
Tuesday April 11, Morning Session
Tuesday April 11, Afternoon Session
Thursday April 13, Morning Session
Friday April 14, Morning Session

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

PUBLICATION AND CITATION DETAILS

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ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Monday April 10, Morning Session
Breeding Eucalyptus grandis × globulus and other inter-specific hybrids with high inviability - problem analysis and experience with shell forestry projects in Uruguay and Chile.
A. R. Griffin, J. L. Harbard, C. Centurion and P. Santini

Eucalypt hybrids breeding in Congo.
Philippe Vigneron and Jean-Marc Bouvet

Experience with some Pinus hybrids in Queensland, Australia.
D. Garth Nikles

Breeding strategies for the next generation of clonal forests.
Sharmane Perrow (MacRae) and Paul P. Cotterill

Application of biotechnology in hybrid breeding.
Sharmane Perrow (MacRae) and Paul P. Cotterill

Some insights on hybrids in forest tree improvement.
C.J.A. Shelbourne

Production and use of Eucalyptus hybrids for industrial purposes.
Teotonio Francisco de Assis

A long term breeding program of hybrid larch (Larix × eurolepis Henry).
Volker Schneck and Wolfgang Langner

Early growth assessment of a range of eucalypt hybrids in the south-west Western Australia.
Elizabeth L. Barbour, Arletta Ralph and Nicolai Spencer

Relationship between the relative importance of non-additive variance and the genetic correlation between hybrid and parental populations in some Pinus species.
Mark J. Dieters and Heidi S. Dungey

Monday April 10, Afternoon Session
Dominance effects in Eucalyptus grandis, Eucalyptus urophylla and hybrids.
Gabriel D. S. P. Rezende and Marcos D. V. de Resende

Using of Douglas–fir hybrids in Saxon (Germany).
Hubert Braun

Description and identification of some trispecies hard pine hybrids.
Zelimir Borzan and Marilena Idzojtic

Performance of slash pine × caribbean pine hybrids in southern Florida, USA.
D. L. Rockwood and D. G. Nikles

The status of pine interspecific hybrid research in Zimbabwe.
B. Issac Nyoka

Genetic variation in blister rust resistance and growth traits in a 17 years old Pinus strobus × P. wallichiana F1 hybrid population.
Ioan Blada

Research on hybridisation of some Eucalyptus species in Vietnam.
Le Dinh Kha and Nguyen Viet Cuong

Admixture estimation for introgression between Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and white spruce (Picea glauca) in northwestern British Columbia.
S. Yaw Bennuah and Sally N. Aitken

Provenance hybridisation in Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis in Queensland.
Amal A. Joseph, Mark J. Dieters, Heidi S. Dungey and Helen Wallace

Wood property variation in Queensland-grown slash × Caribbean pine hybrids.
Kevin J. Harding and Terry R. Copley

Tuesday April 11, Morning Session
Peculiarities of the pine genome: relevance for biotechnology programs.
Claire G. Williams

Molecular analysis of hybrids.
Robert J. Henry and Mervyn Shepherd

Genetic mapping and application in hybrid breeding.
Gavin F. Moran, Penny A. Butcher, Mike E. Devey and Karen Thamarus

Quantitative genetics of heterosis in aspen hybrids.
Bailian Li and Rongling Wu

Eucalypt hybrid breeding in South Africa.
Stephen D. Verryn

The genetics of hybridisation in the temperate Eucalyptus.
Brad M. Potts, Peter W. Volker, Paul A. Tilyard and Kelsey Joyce

The relationship of breeding values and increase in basal area growth and the validity of genetic predictions.
S. D. Carson, J. D. Hayes, L. D. Gea and B. Shula

Tuesday April 11, Afternoon Session
The genetic basis of heterosis for stem volume in an interspecific Pinus hybrid from QTL mapping.
Merv Shepherd, Mark J. Dieters, Paul Toon, D. Garth Nikles, Mike Cross and Robert Henry

Development of salt-tolerant E. camaldulensis × E. grandis hybrid clones using phenotypic selection and genetic mapping.
Glenn T. Dale, Karen Aitken and Jo Sasse

QTL mapping in a hoop pine interprovenance hybrid population.
Leon J. Scott, Merv Shepherd, D. Garth Nikles, Mark J. Dieters and Robert J. Henry

Application of isoenzyme gene markers in the identification of Acacia auriculiformis elite trees and hybrids.
Suchitra Changtragoon

Hybrid breeding and heterosis utilization of Liriodendron.
Ji Kong-shu and Wang Zhang-rong

Salt tolerant hybrid eucalypts for wood fibre production.
Jen A. McComb, Rachel L.A. Oddie, Sandra R. Chapman, Michael C. Calver, Gillian F. Rasmussen, Tim L. Hingston and David W. de Little

Genotypic maternal influences on seed quality and seedling morphology of E. grandis × E. tereticornis hybrids.
Richard Bierwagen, Fábio Sgarbi, Claúdia Ianelli, Weber A. N. Amaral

Ten year growth performance of Pinus elliottii var. elliottii, P. caribaea var. hondurensis and their F1, F2 and backcross hybrids across four sites in Queensland.
Paul G. Toon, Mark J. Dieters, Heidi S. Dungey, and D. Garth Nikles

Hybrid breeding of Pinus caribaea in China.
Yongqi Zheng

Early performance of Eucalyptus urophylla × E. grandis hybrids on several sites in Indonesia.
Eko B. Hardiyanto and Aryka M. Tridasa

Stability of Casuarina equisetifolia hybrids.
G. Kumaravelu, S.R. Sree Rangasamy and M. Paramathma

Thursday April 13, Morning Session
Crossbreeding strategies to maximise economic returns.
Brain P. Kinghorn

Practical aspects of crossbred genetic evaluation.
Scott Newman and A. Reverter

Heterosis: its exploitation in crop breeding.
Mark Cooper and Robert E. Merrill

An overview of cross-breeding in the sheep industry in Australia.
Robert G. Banks, and Susan F. Jarvis

Hybrids in Macadamia improvement.
Craig M. Hardner, Cameron A. McConchie, Adam Vivian-Smith and Steve Boyton

A simulation of the comparative gains from three different hybrid tree breeding schemes. (I) Theory.
Richard J. Kerr, Heidi Dungey and Mark J. Dieters

A simulation of the comparative gains from three different hybrid tree breeding schemes. (II) Results.
Heidi S. Dungey, Richard J. Kerr and Mark J. Dieters

Breeding hybrid cottonwood for pulp in the Inland Empire, USA.
Margaret M. Payne and Lawrence K. Miller

Friday April 13, Morning Session
Evaluation of hybrids with Eucalyptus nitens.
Wayne N. Tibbits

Interspecific hybridisation in larch: the long way to get outstanding varieties.
Luc E. Pâques

Clonal forestry in Queensland and implications for hybrid breeding strategies.
R.J. Haines

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

The potential of a crossing technique for interspecific hybridization between E. globulus and E.dunnii.
Elizabeth. L. Barbour and Nicolai Spencer

Hybridisation between plantation and native eucalypts in Tasmania.
Robert C. Barbour, Brad M. Potts, René E. Vaillancourt, Wayne N. Tibbits and Robert J.E.
Wiltshire

Phylogenetic relationships within the Araucariaceae based upon sequencing of 18S ribosomal genes.
Tracy A. Codrington, Glenn C. Graham, Robert J. Henry and Ken Hill

Peformance of Pinus caribaea hybrids in north and central Queensland and on dry sites in south-east Queensland.
Mark J. Dieters

Inter-provenance hybrids of hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii).
Mark J. Dieters, Murray J. Johnson, and D. Garth Nikles

An international survey of interspecific hybrids in forestry.
Heidi S. Dungey and D. Garth Nikles

Comparison of selection schemes for E. nitens × E. globulus spp. globulus hybrid families.
Nigel England, Jaime Espejo, and Luis San Martin

“One stop pollination” a new technology developed by Shell forestry technology unit.
J.L. Harbard, A.R. Griffin, J.E. Espejo, Carmelo Centurion, Joanne Russell

Reciprocal hybrid crossing between E. dunnii (Maiden) × E. grandis (Hill ex Maiden).
Jane Harbard, Rod Griffin, and Carmelo Centurion

Review of sawing studies on Queensland grown Pinus elliottii var. elliotii × Pinus caribaea var.
hondurensis F1 hybrids.
Kevin J. Harding, J.M. Knight, Terry R. Copley and Greame Palmer

Gene flow and genetic diversity in eucalypt plantations and native forest in north coast New South Wales.
Megan E. Jones, Merv Shepherd, Robert Henry, Lesley Schoer and Angela Delves

Tree improvement works in Casuarina equisetifolia carried out by Forest Research Wing, Forest Department, Tamil Nadu, India.
G. Kumaravelu and M. Paramathma

The response of dependent communities to plant ontogeny in a Eucalyptus nitens × globulus hybrid system.
R. Lawrence, T. Whitham and B. M. Potts

RAPD variation among thirty parental trees of Chinese fir and its correlation with F1 hybrid performance.
Li Mei Shi Jisen

The inheritance of flowering time in interspecific F1 hybrids of Eucalyptus.
Gustavo A. Lopez, Brad M. Potts and Peter L. Gore

The performance of F1 hybrids between E. ovata and E. globulus ssp. globulus compared to inbred and out crossed controls.
Gustavo A. Lopez, Brad M. Potts and Paul A. Tilyard

Genetic analysis of interspecific backcross families of a hybrid of Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus globulus.
Alexander A. Myburg, Rod A. R. Griffin, Ronald R. Sederoff and Ross Whetten

Utilisation of hybrid vigour in Eucalyptus.
M. Paramathma and C.Surendran

Resolving hybrid status in Macadamia.
Cameron Peace, Craig Hardner, Vasanthe Vithanage, Bernard J. Carroll, and Colin Turnbull

Somatic embryogenesis of Pinus sylvestris L. as a tool in Scots pine breeding programme.
Carlos Ramirez-Serrano, Peter V. Bozkhov, Inger Ekberg, and Sara von Arnold

Genetic control of fibre and growth traits in hybrid aspen.
M. Rautio, R. Alén, M. Haapanen, T. Parikka, P. Pulkkinen, J. Ranua, L-J. Stener and Q. Yu

Early growth performance of inter-specific eucalypt hybrids in dry tropical north Queensland.
Kenneth J. Robson

The XYLONOVA hybrid field trials: clonally replicated family trials for verification of QTL analysis and hybrid testing.
Jo M. Sasse, Brendan H. George and Glenn T. Dale

The response of brushtail possums to Eucalyptus globulus × E. gunnii F1 hybrids.
S. Scott, C. McArthur, B. M. Potts and K. Joyce

Hybridisation of forest tree species in China.
Shen Xihuan

Interspecific hybridisation between Eucalyptus cloeziana and Eucalyptus acmenoides.
Rhonda Stokoe, Merv Shepherd, Robert Henry, David Lee and Garth Nikles

Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (BLUP) is a faster and more cost effective method of estimating breeding value in sugarcane.
Joanne K. Stringer

A genetic linkage map and qtl analysis of wood and pulp traits in Eucalyptus globulus.
Karen Thamarus, Kylie Groom, Jan Murrell, and Gavin Moran

Advanced generation hybridisation between Eucalyptus nitens and E. globulus.
Paul Tilyard, Brad M. Potts and Peter L. Gore

Ancient hybridisation discovered in Tasmanian eucalypts using cpDNA.
René E. Vaillancourt, Gay E. McKinnon, Hamish D. Jackson and Brad M. Potts

Hybrid breakdown in mysore gum and need for genetic improvement of Eucalyptus camaldulensis and E. tereticornis in India
Mohan Varghese, B. Nagarajan, A. Nicodemus, S.S.R. Bennet and K. Subramanian

Genomic consequences of hybridization between Pinus elliottii × P. caribaea var. hondurensis.
Claire G. Williams, Karen L. Joyner and Lisa Reimer-Auckland

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