Quantitative genetic analysis of wood property traits in biparental population of × .

breeding programme mainly aims at increasing productivity associated with wood property traits which are suitable for different end uses. The principal challenge in this endeavor is to combine productivity with industrially relevant wood traits. In the present study, 23 hybrid clones derived from a biparental mapping population of × was assessed for six wood property traits across two sites in Tamil Nadu, India.

Genetic linkage map and QTL identification for adventitious rooting traits in red gum eucalypts.

The eucalypt species, and , show tolerance to drought and salinity conditions, respectively, and are widely cultivated in arid and semiarid regions of tropical countries. In this study, genetic linkage map was developed for interspecific cross  ×  using pseudo-testcross strategy with simple sequence repeats (SSRs), intersimple sequence repeats (ISSRs), and sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) markers. The consensus genetic map comprised totally 283 markers with 84 SSRs, 94 ISSRs, and 105 SRAP markers on 11 linkage groups spanning 1163.