Abstract
Hutchinson et al. (1985) listed over 50 Australian species which have been successfully tissue cultured but only a few have been produced commercially, and of these Eucalyptus spp. and Grevillea cultivars are the only woody species. Initial work has been done on the in vitro propagation of a number of species but little in-depth work has been reported. One exception is the research on Eucalyptus species because of their economic value to forestry (reviewed by McComb and Bennett 1986). More recently, Santalum has received attention for its potential as an arid zone fruit crop (Grant and Buttrose 1978) although work has been done on the Indian sandelwood (Santalum album L.) for some time (Lakshmi Sita 1986). Work on other woody species has been piecemeal, dealing mainly with species of ornamental or nature conservation value. The in vitro culture of ten genera (Table 1) of Australian woody species is reviewed here.
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Williams, R.R. (1989). Some Australian Ornamental Woody Species. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Trees II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61535-1_24
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