Increased biomass production by tissue culture of eucalyptus

Abstract

Buds collected from elite fast-growing eucalyptus trees were multiplied by tissue culture. In this study, the seed (control) and the tissue culture raised plants of Eucalyptustereticornis and E. torelliana were planted in the field at two population densities. Observations of the height and diameter were taken for biomass calculation. Thirty-four months after planting, there was an overall increase in biomass of the tissue culture raised plants of both species compared with the controls. In E. tereticornis and E. torelliana, the increase in biomass was 36.9 and 49.5%, respectively, over the controls with a 2 × 2 m spacing.