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Genetic Transformation of Pinus radiata

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Transgenic Trees

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 44))

Abstract

Pinus radiata is the main forest tree species planted in commercial forestry in New Zealand and has been grown for more than 100-years. It was originally introduced from California and an intensive tree improvement program, which started in the early 1950s, has concentrated on better growth rate, stem form, and lack of stem cones on the lower stem. Clonal seed orchards were established to translate the genetic improvements into trees in the forest. A range of traditional breeding technologies were used and significant genetic gains were made, leading to a forest tree species which delivers high quality timber for a variety of applications, in less than a 30 year growth cycle (Carson et al. 1990). However, a number of desirable traits such as resistance to insects and pathogens or herbicides, or changes in content or composition of lignin or cellulose are not readily available in the breeding population. Recently, however, genetic transformation techniques have been applied to forest trees, resulting for instance in transgenic poplar with altered lignin content or herbicide resistance. In the past few years, the first transgenic conifers were produced (Ellis et al. 1993; Charest et al. 1996; Walter et al 1998).

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Walter, C., Smith, D.R. (2000). Genetic Transformation of Pinus radiata . In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Transgenic Trees. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 44. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59609-4_14

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