Bare Root Cuttings

Cuttings off a young radiata pine mother-plant, grown separately in the ground.

CellFor 

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Deployment Plan

Long-term plan of trialling and growing varieties of radiata pine tailored to individual customers’ needs.

Production Varieties

A group of trees with highly superior performance produced through production of genotypes selected in replicated field trials.

Cloning

The process of creating genetically identical copies of a single item.

Containerised Cuttings

Cuttings off a young radiata pine mother-plant, grown in individual small containers.

Control-Pollination

The process of pollinating a particular female with pollen from a particular male plant or tree.

Cuttings

Stem or shoot from plant, that grows to become second plant with same genetic makeup as original plant

DNA Fingerprinting

Scientific method aimed at identifying individuals (in this case, trees) based on their specific DNA base pair sequences.

Dothistroma Needle Blight

Pine tree disease, causing early shedding of needles, loss of foliage and health. The disease affects up to 20% of pine trees, but can be treated using fungicides.

Ensis

Joint venture between Scion and CSIRO

Field Trials

The controlled and measured growing of a crop on land.

GEM

Genetic Evaluation Management system developed by ExSitez Ltd

Genetics

The scientific study of heredity, in particular how qualities or traits are transmitted from parents to offspring.

Germplasm

Germ cells and their precursors, serving as the bearers of heredity.

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Hectare

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Thousand

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Kilogram

Loblolly Pine

Also called Pinus taeda. It is prevalent in the US, providing good fibre crops and valuable timber.

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Million

m³

Metre cubed

Marker Aided Selection

Scientific method aimed at identifying genetic traits of individual (tree) as early as possible, using DNA sequences (markers).

Motherplant

The young radiata pine plants, grown in soil, to produce cuttings

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Per Annum

Propagation

Increasing/multiplying the numbers of plants through cuttings or seeds.

Radiata Pine

Also called Pinus radiata. It is prevalent in Chile, Spain, Australia and New Zealand, and is a versatile softwood  tree usable for a range of end-products.

Seed

A compact structure from a flowering plant, containing an embryo with the capacity to develop into a new plant. Seeds have different genetic make up than either parent.

Seedlings

A plant grown from a seed.

Somatic Embryogenesis

Species-specific scientific process involving the production of many genetically identical plants from a single seed, with the initial step being splitting one embryo into two or more.

Tissue Culture

Growth of cells in the laboratory for scientific studies (also called in-vitro studies).