Assessing the true foliar resistance of Eucalyptus
globulus native forest and deployment populations to
Mycosphaerella leaf disease
Preliminary analysis of new progeny trial data
by Matt Hamilton has highlighted the need to account for disease
avoidance mechanisms when examining genetic variation in true
foliar resistance to Mycosphaerella leaf disease.
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Few genes may underlie the resistance of Eucalyptus
globulus to Mycosphaerella leaf disease
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Jules Freeman
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In a recently published paper (click
here
to read), which extends his PhD studies, Jules Freeman (right) has
found three regions of the
Eucalytpus globulus genome that
appear to be responsible for genetic variation in the response of
E. globulus to
Mycosphaeralla leaf disease.
This work was started during his PhD with the CRC for Sustainable
Production Forestry (based at the University of Tasmania) and was
completed under an ARC discovery grant. Jules is now working on CRC
for Forestry Project 2.1 Breeding for High Value Wood
Products.
