Forest Molecular Biology and Genetics Research Group |
Recent Publications |
Nevill, P.G., Reed, A., Bossinger, G., Vaillancourt, R.E., Larcombe, M. and P.K. Ades (2008). Cross species amplification of Eucalyptus microsatellite loci. Molecular Ecology Resources, in press.
Bennett, L.T., Kasel, S. and J. Tibbits (2008). Non-parametric multivariate comparisons of soil fungal composition: sensitivity to thresholds and indications of structural redundancy in T-RFLP data. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40(7): 1601-1611.
Kasel, S., Bennett, L.T. and J. Tibbits (2008). Land use influences soil fungal community composition across central Victoria, south-eastern Australia. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40(7): 1724-1732.
Bossinger, G., Tibbits, J.F.G., McManus, L.J. and A.V. Spokevicius (2007). Molecular tree domestication and the xylogenesis candidate gene cascade. pp. 69-84, In: The Compromised Wood Workshop 2007 (Entwistle, K., Harris, P. and Walker, J. eds), The Wood Technology Research Centre, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
Teulières, C., Bossinger, G., Moran, G., and C. Marque (2007). Stress Studies in Eucalyptus. Plant Stress 1(2):197-215.
Spokevicius, A.V., Southerton, S., MacMillan, C.P., Qiu, D., Gan, S., Tibbits, J.F.G., Moran, G.F. and G. Bossinger (2007). b-tubulin affects cellulose microfibril orientation in plant secondary fibre cell walls. The Plant Journal, 51:717-726.
Spokevicius, A.V., Tibbits, J.F.G. and G. Bossinger (2007). Whole plant and plant part transgenic approaches in the study of wood formation – benefits and limitations. Transgenic Plant Journal, 1(1):49-59.
McManus, L.J., Blomstedt, C.K, Sasse, J. and G. Bossinger (2007). The effects of ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) treatment on Eucalyptus pollen behaviour in vitro. Trees – Structure and Function, 21:379-383.
Van Beveren, K.S., Spokevicius, A.V., Tibbits, J., Wang, Q. and G. Bossinger (2006). Transformation of cambial tissue in vivo provides an efficient means for induced somatic sector analysis and gene testing in stems of woody plant species. Functional Plant Biology 33:629-638.
Tibbits, J.F.G., McManus, L.J., Spokevicius, A.V. and G. Bossinger (2006). A rapid method for tissue collection and high throughput genomic DNA isolation from mature trees. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 24: 81-91.
McManus, L.J., Sasse, J., Blomstedt, C.K. and G. Bossinger (2006). Pollen treatment for mutation induction in Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus (Myrtaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 54:65-71.
Spokevicius, A.V., Van Beveren, K.S. and G. Bossinger (2006). Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of dormant lateral buds in poplar trees reveals developmental patterns in secondary stem tissues. Functional Plant Biology 33:133-139.
Klein, A.S., and Tibbits, J. (2006). Cellulose synthase genes in Conifers: what we know and what we need to learn. In: The Science and Lore of the Plant Cell Wall - Biosynthesis, Structure and Function (T. Hayash, ed.), p.276-284, Universal Publishers: BrownWalker Press.
Pot, D., Rodrigues, J.-C., Rozenberg, P., Chantre, G., Tibbits, J., Cahalan, C., Pichavant, F. and C. Plomion (2006). QTLs and candidate genes for wood properties in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.). Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2:10-24.
Wilson, L., Tonkin, M. and G. Bossinger (2005). Transpiration-assisted perfusion fixation provides in situ preservation of developing ray parenchyma cells in Eucalyptus nitens. Journal of Microscopy, 220:113-119.
Spokevicius, A.V., Van Beveren, K., Leitch, M.A. and G. Bossinger (2005). Agrobacterium-mediated in vitro transformation of wood-producing stem segments in eucalypts. Plant Cell Rep., 23:617-624.
Wilson, L., Tonkin, M. and G. Bossinger (2004). The Xylem Xapper: A device for preparation of powdered xylem from stems of forest trees for molecular biological investigations. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 22:427-434.
Leitch, M.A. and G. Bossinger (2004). In vitro systems for the study of wood formation. pp 193-211, In: Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Forest Trees. (S. Kumar and M. Fladung eds), Haworth Press, NY.
Theses
Tibbits, J.F.G. (2007). Towards association studies in Pinus radiata D. Don. – Populations and wood property candidate genes. PhD-thesis. The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Tonkin, M. (2007). Looking for expansins: a molecular approach to the investigation of tylose development and heartwood formation. Master of Forest Science thesis. The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Spokevicius, A.V. (2006). The use of induced somatic sectors for the elucidation of gene function and developmental patterns in xylogenic tissue. PhD-thesis. The University of Melbourne, Australia.
McManus, L. (2006). Pollen mutagenesis in Eucalyptus species. PhD-thesis. The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Merchant, A. (2005). Physiological and phylogenetic patterns in Eucalyptus spp. responses to salinity and drought. PhD-thesis. The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Faridah, E. (2004). Molecular and physiological studies of salt tolerance in eucalypts. PhD-thesis. The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Wilson, L. (2002). The cell biology of eucalypt heartwood formation. PhD-thesis. The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Leitch, M.A. (1999). The development of tissue culture techniques to study wood formation in Eucalyptus globulus Labill. PhD-thesis. The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Home / People / Projects / Publications / Protocols / Pictures / Public Relations / Contact Us