Page, Tony, Tate, Hanington, Tungon, Joseph, Sam, Chanel, Dickinson, Geoff, Robson, Ken, Southwell, Ian, Russell, Mike, Waycott, Michelle, and Leakey, Roger (2007) Evaluation of heartwood and oil characters in nine populations of Santalum austrocaledonicum from Vanuatu. In: Proceedings of the Regional Workshop on Sandalwood Research, Development and Extension in the Pacific Islands and Asia. pp. 123-129. From: Regional Workshop on Sandalwood Research, Development and Extension in the Pacific Islands and Asia, 28 November - 01 December 2005, Nada, Fiji.

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Abstract

Morphological variation in Santalum austrocaledonicum was evaluated and wood core and leaf samples collected from nine populations on six different islands across Vanuatu. The percentage of heartwood was found to vary independently of stem diameter, and is likely to be influenced by factors such as tree age and environment. Heartwood oil concentration and all major oil constituents exhibited significant tree-to-tree variation, within and between all populations, but mean concentrations were considerably lower than currently reported by industry. Each population had a range of trees with high and low concentrations of α- and β-santalols. The populations from the two northern islands (Santo and Malekula) had a greater proportion of trees with high values for the commercially important oil constituents (santalols) than the populations sampled from the southern islands. The sandalwood populations surveyed in this study provide an important resource for developing superior sandalwood cultivars through a planned programme of domestication.

Item ID:	23326
Item Type:	Conference Item (Non-Refereed Research Paper)
ISBN:	978-982-00-0196-1
Date Deposited:	11 Jul 2013 05:15
FoR Codes:	07 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES > 0705 Forestry Sciences > 070507 Tree Improvement (Selection and Breeding) @ 100%
SEO Codes:	82 PLANT PRODUCTION AND PLANT PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 8201 Forestry > 820199 Forestry not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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