The status of genomics and genetics research in the Myrtaceae, a large family of
dicotyledonous woody plants, is reviewed with Eucalyptus as the focal genus. The family …

Trees are an integral part of human life, and a vital component of biodiversity. Forest trees in
particular are renewable sources of food, fodder, fuel wood, timber and other valuable non …

EgMYB2, a member of a new subgroup of the R2R3 MYB family of transcription factors, was
cloned from a library consisting of RNA from differentiating Eucalyptus xylem. EgMYB2 maps …

Eucalyptus is the most widely planted hardwood crop in the tropical and subtropical world
because of its superior growth, broad adaptability and multipurpose wood properties …

Lignin, a major component of secondary cell walls, hinders the optimal processing of wood
for industrial uses. The recent availability of the E ucalyptus grandis genome sequence …

Eucalyptus species are native to Australia but grown extensively worldwide as short rotation
hardwoods for a variety of products and as ornamentals. We describe their general …

Traditional methods of assessing wood properties are both destructive and expensive,
limiting the numbers of samples that can be processed. Over the past decade, non …

Background Eucalypts are the most widely planted hardwood trees in the world occupying
globally more than 18 million hectares as an important source of carbon neutral renewable …

Genetic maps are key tools in genetic research as they constitute the framework for many
applications, such as quantitative trait locus analysis, and support the assembly of genome …

Tension wood formed in response to gravitational force is a striking example of the plasticity
of angiosperm wood. In this study our goal was to characterize the early changes in gene …