Reproductive Biology of Acacia Mangium Willd. and Acacia Auriculiformis A. Cunn. Ex. Benth

A. mangium is the most widely planted plantation species in Malaysia for general utility timber and pulp and paper. The occurrence of natural hybrids between A. mangium and A. auriculiformis has created general interest in using hybrids in the plantation programme. This study looks into the repr...

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Main Author: Ibrahim, Zakaria
Format: Thesis
Language:English
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Published: 1991
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9883/1/FH_1991_2_A.pdf
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spelling my-upm-ir.98832011-09-05T02:07:33Z Reproductive Biology of Acacia Mangium Willd. and Acacia Auriculiformis A. Cunn. Ex. Benth 1991 Ibrahim, Zakaria A. mangium is the most widely planted plantation species in Malaysia for general utility timber and pulp and paper. The occurrence of natural hybrids between A. mangium and A. auriculiformis has created general interest in using hybrids in the plantation programme. This study looks into the reproductive biology of A. mangium and A. auriculiformis and compares the performance of hybrid progenies and progenies of their parental species. Morphologically, the inflorescences and flowers of A. mangium and A. auriculiformis are similar. The in florescence of both species consists of numerous flowers borne on a loose spike. The flowers are small and brightly coloured. The main difference between the flowers of the two species is the colour, creamy white in A. mangium and bright yellow in A. auriculiformis. Andromonoecy is also observed in both species. Mangium - Reproduction Earleaf acacia - Reproduction 1991 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9883/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9883/1/FH_1991_2_A.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Pertanian Malaysia Mangium - Reproduction Earleaf acacia - Reproduction Faculty of Forestry English
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language English
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topic Mangium - Reproduction
Earleaf acacia - Reproduction

spellingShingle Mangium - Reproduction
Earleaf acacia - Reproduction

Ibrahim, Zakaria
Reproductive Biology of Acacia Mangium Willd. and Acacia Auriculiformis A. Cunn. Ex. Benth
description A. mangium is the most widely planted plantation species in Malaysia for general utility timber and pulp and paper. The occurrence of natural hybrids between A. mangium and A. auriculiformis has created general interest in using hybrids in the plantation programme. This study looks into the reproductive biology of A. mangium and A. auriculiformis and compares the performance of hybrid progenies and progenies of their parental species. Morphologically, the inflorescences and flowers of A. mangium and A. auriculiformis are similar. The in florescence of both species consists of numerous flowers borne on a loose spike. The flowers are small and brightly coloured. The main difference between the flowers of the two species is the colour, creamy white in A. mangium and bright yellow in A. auriculiformis. Andromonoecy is also observed in both species.
format Thesis
qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level Doctorate
author Ibrahim, Zakaria
author_facet Ibrahim, Zakaria
author_sort Ibrahim, Zakaria
title Reproductive Biology of Acacia Mangium Willd. and Acacia Auriculiformis A. Cunn. Ex. Benth
title_short Reproductive Biology of Acacia Mangium Willd. and Acacia Auriculiformis A. Cunn. Ex. Benth
title_full Reproductive Biology of Acacia Mangium Willd. and Acacia Auriculiformis A. Cunn. Ex. Benth
title_fullStr Reproductive Biology of Acacia Mangium Willd. and Acacia Auriculiformis A. Cunn. Ex. Benth
title_full_unstemmed Reproductive Biology of Acacia Mangium Willd. and Acacia Auriculiformis A. Cunn. Ex. Benth
title_sort reproductive biology of acacia mangium willd. and acacia auriculiformis a. cunn. ex. benth
granting_institution Universiti Pertanian Malaysia
granting_department Faculty of Forestry
publishDate 1991
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9883/1/FH_1991_2_A.pdf
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