Domestication of Radiata Pine by Alan Brown - Bookswagon
Home > General > Domestication of Radiata Pine
Domestication of Radiata Pine

Domestication of Radiata Pine


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



International Edition


About the Book

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- I. Introduction.- 1.1. Processes of domestication.- 1.2. The radiata pine story.- 1.2.1. Historical preview.- 1.2.2. Land races.- 1.2.3. The Development of plantation management.- 1.2.4. The step to intensive breeding.- 1.2.5. The political and institutional context for technical progress.- 1.2.6. The current radiata resource.- II. Early History: 7,000,000 Years Ago to 1901 C.E.- 2.1. Five small native forests.- 2.1.1. Mainland populations.- 2.1.1.1. Extent.- 2.1.1.2. Associate tree species and soils.- 2.1.2. Island populations.- 2.1.3. Paleohistory and taxonomy.- 2.3.1.1. Fossils and evolution.- 2.3.1.2. The naming of radiata pine.- 2.1.4. Native American impacts.- 2.1.5. Spanish, Mexican and Californian impacts.- 2.2. Early institutional and political factors in plantation forestry.- 2.2.1. Australia.- 2.2.2. New Zealand.- 2.2.2.1. Canterbury.- 2.2.2.2. The Wellington Botanic Garden.- 2.2.3. South Africa.- 2.2.4. Chile.- 2.3. Early plantings.- 2.3.1. European seed collections and plantings.- 2.3.2. Australia.- 2.3.3. New Zealand.- 2.3.3.1. Canterbury.- 2.3.3.2. Auckland.- 2.3.3.3. Elsewhere in New Zealand.- 2.3.4. South Africa.- 2.3.5. Chile.- 2.3.6. Spain and Portugal.- 2.3.7. The British Isles.- 2.3.8. Other countries.- 2.4. Summary of domestication progress.- III. The Early Plantation Period: 1901-1951.- 3.1. Why large plantation programs?.- 3.1.1. Australia.- 3.1.2. New Zealand.- 3.1.3. Elsewhere.- 3.2. The evolution of institutions that supported plantation development.- 3.2.1. Australia.- 3.2.1.1. South Australia.- 3.2.1.2. Victoria.- 3.2.1.3. New South Wales.- 3.2.1.4. Other States: Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania.- 3.2.2. New Zealand.- 3.2.2.1. The State Forest Service.- 3.2.2.2. Other public agencies.- 3.2.2.3. Private enterprise.- 3.2.2.4. Research and Development.- 3.2.3. Chile.- 3.3.4. South Africa.- 3.2.5. Spain.- 3.3. The choice of radiata pine.- 3.3.1. Australia: Ecological fit and commercial acceptance.- 3.3.1.1. South-eastern Australia.- 3.3.1.2. The edge: Queensland and Western Australia.- 3.3.2. New Zealand.- 3.3.3. South Africa.- 3.3.4. Chile.- 3.3.5. Spain.- 3.3.6. East and south-central Africa.- 3.3.7. Ecuador.- 3.3.8. Elsewhere.- 3.4. The development of plantation management.- 3.4.1. Nursery and planting practice.- 3.4.2. Soils and nutrition.- 3.4.3. Genetics of radiata pine.- 3.4.3.1. Early historical influences.- 3.4.3.2. The beginnings of purposeful intervention.- 3.4.4. Silviculture.- 3.5. Some alarms.- 3.6. Summary of domestication progress.- IV. The Beginnings of Genetic Improvement: 1951 to 1968.- 4.1. General Context.- 4.1.1. Australia.- 4.1.2. New Zealand.- 4.1.3. Chile.- 4.1.4. South Africa.- 4.1.5. Elsewhere.- 4.2. Introductory remarks on breeding.- 4.3. Theory.- 4.3.1. Some basic principles.- 4.3.2. Concepts and principles of quantitative genetics and breeding.- 4.4. The Scandinavian school of tree breeding.- 4.5. Institutional settings.- 4.5.1. USA.- 4.5.2. Australia.- 4.5.3. New Zealand.- 4.5.4. South Africa.- 4.6. Interim genetic improvement measures.- 4.7. Intensive breeding.- 4.7.1. Background.- 4.7.2. Traits chosen for early-generation selection.- 4.7.3. Regionalisation?.- 4.7.4. Clonal archives.- 4.7.5. Seed orchards.- 4.7.6. Genetic trials and mating designs in breeding programme.- 4.8. Vegetative propagation.- 4.9. Other studies.- 4.10. Programme reviews.- 4.11. Summary of domestication progress.- V. Development of the Management Concept While Tree Improvement shifts gears: 1969 to 1983.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Where which species will perform well.- 5.3. Institutional developments.- 5.3.1. Australia.- 5.3.2. New Zealand.- 5.3.3. South Africa.- 5.3.4. Chile.- 5.4. The context of intensified management practices.- 5.4.1. Introduction.- 5.4.2. Crop establishment.- 5.4.2.1. Seed collection.- 5.4.2.2. Natural regeneration.- 5.4.2.3. Direct seeding.- 5.4.2.4. Nursery behaviour and transplanting.- 5.4.2.5. Site preparation and weed control.- 5


Best Sellers



Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9783319650173
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer
  • Edition: Forestry Sciences
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 29 mm
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 3319650173
  • Publisher Date: 22 Jan 2018
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 480
  • Series Title: Forestry Sciences
  • Weight: 947 gr


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Domestication of Radiata Pine
Springer -
Domestication of Radiata Pine
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Domestication of Radiata Pine

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    New Arrivals



    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!