Beneficial flavonoids from eucalypt plantations

该项目旨在开发建立类黄酮天然产品商业化生产的桉树种植园所需的系统和工具。它有望产生新的知识，有价值的抗菌黄酮类化合物中发现的桉树。结果将包括选择具有高水平特定类黄酮的物种，种子园的生产和可持续的树叶收获的改良种植园，以及植物类黄酮生物合成的分子机制的表征。这将有助于扩大一个基于澳大利亚树木基本上未开发的产业，为种植和收获种植园的地区社区提供重大利益，并最终帮助我们解决微生物病原体耐药性问题。

This project aims to develop the systems and tools required to establish eucalypt plantations for commercial production of flavonoid natural products. It is expected to generate new knowledge on valuable antimicrobial flavonoids found in eucalypts. Outcomes will include selection of species with high levels of particular flavonoids, production of seed orchards and improved plantations for sustainable leaf harvesting, and characterisation of the molecular mechanisms of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. This should help expand an industry based on a largely untapped property of Australian trees, provide significant benefits to regional communities growing and harvesting plantations, and ultimately help us address microbial pathogen resistance