Acacia crassicarpa

Acacia crassicarpa : a tree in the domestication fast lane Stephen Midgley Portfolio Manager, Tree Improvement and Genetic Resources Program The process of species' domestication provides the main theme for a substantial part of the work of CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products' Australian Tree Seed Centre (ATSC). Domestication is a broad process that covers work in areas including biogeography, environmental limitations, natural variation and propagation needs, selection and breeding, leading to some valuable social use. More

EARLY GROWTH OF ACACIA CRASSICARPA IN A SEEDLING SEED ORCHARD AT MELVILLE ISLAND, AUSTRALIA = by C.E. Harwood1; M.W. Haines2 & E.R. More

Acacia crassicarpa is a member of the ‘ A. aulacocarpa group’ and based on its ventral mode of pod dehiscence is most closely related to A. lamprocarpa , A. midgleyi , A. peregrina and, more distantly, to the Indonesian endemic, A. wetarensis . However, A. More