Person
Eldridge, Kenneth George
- Occupation
- Agricultural scientist, Forest Scientist and Plant geneticist
Summary
Kenneth George Eldridge was involved in about the 1970s with seed orchards capable of producing genetically improved trees. He estimated the overall wood volume gain from this program at 20 per cent over the first generation (about 20 years) with marked improvement in stem and branch quality.
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Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details
Books
- Eldridge, Ken (Kenneth George) [et.al.], Eucalypt domestication and breeding (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993), 288 pp. Details
Resources
- 'Eldridge, K G (19340406-20100616)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-595719. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_e.html. Details
- Sheppard, H. et al., Eucalypts, Australian Government, 2007, http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/eucalypts. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 10 January 2014
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