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Author Page, Tony, Ph.D

Title Muntries : the domestication and improvement of Kunzea pomifera (F. Muell.) / by Tony Page
Published Barton, A.C.T. : RIRDC, 2004

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Description viii, 87 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
4 3/4 in
Series RIRDC publication, 1440-6845 ; no. 03/127
RIRDC publication ; no. 03/127
Summary Many Australian native plant foods have the potential to broaden the culinary and nutritional composition of the human diet, both in Australia and worldwide. Kunzea pomifera (muntries) is a species that occurs naturally in south-eastern South Australia and western Victoria and produces an edible berry which was highly valued by Aboriginal peoples and is now being grown in commercial plantations on a modest scale. Current cultivation of muntries is based primarily on selections taken from its natural populations. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the potential for its domestication by examining its plant morphological and molecular variation, its breeding system including its intra- and interspecific cross-compatibility, and the potential for successful vegetative propagation
Notes "January 2004"
"A report for the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation"
"RIRDC project no UM-52A"
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 77-87
Notes Also available online via the World Wide Web
2004 Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Subject Grafting.
Kunzea ambigua -- Breeding
Kunzea ericoides -- Breeding.
Kunzea -- Breeding.
Kunzea pomifera -- Breeding
Plants, Edible -- Breeding -- Australia.
Plant breeding -- Research -- Australia.
Author Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. New Plant Products Research and Development (Program)
ISSN 1440-6845
ISBN 0642586934
Other Titles Domestication and improvement of Kunzea pomifera (F. Muell.)