IUFRO meeting on frost-resistant eucalypts

PART 3

1968

Writing up a report on the fibre length and density work to date Ordering of a rifle for seed and scion collection Experimental proposals E. deglupta fertilizer trial Professor Pryor visits Mindanao in the Philippines to examine E. deglupta Vegetative propagation of epicormic and coppice shoots of E. deglupta Lopping and tying down branches of E. deglupta to control height growth Establishment of a trial grafted seed orchard for E. deglupta Ordering of a machine for removing wood samples from standing trees Arrival of rifle for collection of seed and vegetative material from tall trees

1969

Collection of seed and vegetative material of E. deglupta Grafting and cuttings experiments

Move to Canberra to take up PhD studies at the ANU

Aims of the experimental work to be undertaken during my PhD FAO – Forestry and Timber Bureau E. deglupta collecting expedition to Indonesia Fibre wall thickness and lumen diameter Arithmetic ratios of fibre length, wall thickness and lumen diameter Cross-sectional area of fibres, fibre wall material and lumens Arithmetic ratios of fibre cross-sectional dimensions Percentage of tissue types by volume Number of vessels per unit area of cross-section Mean cross-sectional area of vessels Co-authored paper for 2nd World Consultation on Forest Tree Breeding Formal transfer to a Commonwealth Postgraduate Scholarship Chemistry of the wood of E. deglupta End of wood parameter measurement Associations among the primary and derived variables The association between wood density and other measured wood parameters Baku Forest Station

1970

Wood sampling in standing trees at Keravat

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