Genomic approaches to selection in outcrossing perennials: focus on essential oil crops

Kainer, David; Lanfear, Robert; Foley, William; Kulheim, Carsten

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Genomic approaches to selection in outcrossing perennials: focus on essential oil crops

Date

2015

Authors

Kainer, David

Lanfear, Robert

Foley, William

Kulheim, Carsten

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

The yield of essential oil in commercially harvested perennial species (e.g. ‘Oil Mallee’ eucalypts, Tea Trees and Hop) is dependent on complex quantitative traits such as foliar oil concentration, biomass and adaptability. These often show large natu