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  1. Dry matter and nonstructural carbohydrate content as quality parameters in a <em>Lolium multiflorum</em> breeding programme

    Dry matter and nonstructural carbohydrate content as quality parameters in a Lolium multiflorum breeding programme

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: J.P. Marais --- , Republic of South Africa M. de Figueiredo --- , Republic of South Africa D.C.W. Goodenough --- Agricultural Research Council, Republic of South Africa
    A Lolium multiflorum cv. Midmar pasture and ninety individual plants (both Italian and Westerwolds types), from 15 different Lolium multiflorum cultivars in a spaced‐plant trial, were assessed for total nonstructural carbohydrate (TNC) content, TNC yield, dry matter (DM) content, DM...
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  2. Breeding polyploid varieties of tropical acacias: progress and prospects

    Breeding polyploid varieties of tropical acacias: progress and prospects

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: A Rod Griffin --- School of Biological Sciences, Australia Nghiem Quynh Chi --- Institute for Forest Tree Improvement and Biotechnology, Vietnam Jane L Harbard --- School of Biological Sciences, Australia Do Huu Son --- Institute for Forest Tree Improvement and Biotechnology, Vietnam Christopher E Harwood --- School of Biological Sciences, Australia Aina Price --- School of Biological Sciences, Australia Tran Duc Vuong --- Institute for Forest Tree Improvement and Biotechnology, Vietnam Anthony Koutoulis --- School of Biological Sciences, Australia Ha Huy Thinh --- Institute for Forest Tree Improvement and Biotechnology, Vietnam
    The paper reviews a decade of progress with breeding new polyploid varieties of Acacia mangium and other tropical acacias in Vietnam, and outlines plans for future strategies to complement conventional diploid breeding. Polyploid breeding is a means of introducing diversity...
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  3. Karyology of the redfin minnows, genus <em>Pseudobarbus</em> Smith, 1841 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae): one of the evolutionarily tetraploid lineages of South African barbines

    Karyology of the redfin minnows, genus Pseudobarbus Smith, 1841 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae): one of the evolutionarily tetraploid lineages of South African barbines

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: D. Naran --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Sciences, South Africa P. H. Skelton --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa M. H. Villet --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa
    The karyotypes of six species of Pseudobarbus Smith, 1841, namely P. afer (Peters, 1864), P. asper (Boulenger, 1911), P. burchelli Smith, 1841, P. burgi (Boulenger, 1911), P. phlegethon (Barnard, 1938) and P. tenuis (Barnard, 1938), were examined by conventional Giemsa...
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