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Genetic variation in flowering traits of Tasmanian Leptospermum scoparium and association with provenance home site climatic factors
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Wellington, CN and Vaillancourt, RE and Potts, BM and Worledge, D and Oa grady, AP, Genetic variation in flowering traits of Tasmanian Leptospermum scoparium and association with provenance home site climatic factors, Plants, 11, (8) Article 1029. ISSN 2223-7747 (2022) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.3390/plants11081029
Abstract
Leptospermum scoparium is emerging as an economically important plant for the commercial production of mānuka honey and essential oils, both exhibiting unique antibacterial attributes. To support its domestication this is the first quantitative genetic study of variation for L. scoparium traits. It utilised plants from 200 open-pollinated families derived from 40 native populations, from across the species range in Tasmania, grown in a common garden field trial. The traits studied were survival, growth, and the flowering traits precocity, the timing of seasonal peak flowering, flowering duration, and flowering intensity. Significant genetic variation was evident at the population level for all traits studied and at the family level for three traits - growth, flowering precocity, and time to peak flowering. These three traits had moderate to high narrow-sense heritability estimates ranging from 0.27 to 0.69. For six of the traits studied, population differences were associated with climate attributes at the locations where seed was collected, suggesting adaptation to the local climate may have contributed to the observed population differentiation. Population level geographical trends suggest that genotypes to focus on for domestication originate from the eastern half of Tasmania for precociousness and the western half of Tasmania for earlier time to peak flowering and extended flowering duration.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | Leptospermum, genetic variation, heritability, provenance variation, flowering, precocity, growth, climate, manuka, plantation, common garden, medicinal honey |
| Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
| Research Group: | Crop and pasture production |
| Research Field: | Pollination biology and systems |
| Objective Division: | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products |
| Objective Group: | Horticultural crops |
| Objective Field: | Horticultural crops not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Wellington, CN (Mr Christopher Wellington) |
| UTAS Author: | Vaillancourt, RE (Professor Rene Vaillancourt) |
| UTAS Author: | Potts, BM (Professor Brad Potts) |
| ID Code: | 152946 |
| Year Published: | 2022 |
| Deposited By: | Plant Science |
| Deposited On: | 2022-08-29 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-10-24 |
| Downloads: | 3 View Download Statistics |
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