Wood quality improvement for spotted gum

桉树是世界上硬木锯材和纸浆原木的主要来源之一。该项目将为加快树木的木材质量改善提供一个模式。目的是将斑点桉树的木材形成基因与木材质量表型联系起来，斑点桉树是北澳大利亚的一种优先的硬木桉树。该方法的意义在于，通过规避产生替代方法所需种群的延迟，以及通过分子育种进行早期选择，节省了部署高质量木材种植园的时间和成本。

Eucalypts are one of the world's top sources of hardwood saw and pulp logs. This project will provide a model for accelerated tree improvement for wood quality. The aim is to link genes for wood formation with wood quality phenotypes in spotted gum, a priority hardwood eucalypt for Northern Australia. The significance of the approach is time and costs saved in the deployment of plantations of higher wood quality through the circumvention of delays to generate populations required for alternative approaches and early selection available with molecular breeding.