Advances in eucalypt research in China

作     者：Yaojian XIE Roger J.ARNOLD Zhihua WU Shuaifei CHEN Apeng DU Jianzhong LUO 

作者机构：China Eucalypt Research Centre Chinese Academy of Forestry 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering》 (农业科学与工程前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第4卷第4期

页      面：380-390页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 0907[农学-林学] 0905[农学-畜牧学] 08[工学] 0906[农学-兽医学] 0829[工学-林业工程] 09[农学] 0836[工学-生物工程] 

基　　金：financial support for eucalypt research through the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31570615) the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology the Thirteenth Key Research and Development Project(2016YFD0600500) the Special Public Welfare Forestry Research Fund of the State Forestry Administration of China(201104003) 

主　　题：China Eucalypt Research Centre timber production tree improvement silviculture forest industry Eucalyptus 

摘      要：Eucalypt plantations in China currently exceed4.5 Mhm^2, and this country has the third largest area of such plantations after India and Brazil. China s eucalypt industry now comprises a complex, multifaceted industry including seedling propagation, fertilizer production and supply, plantation silviculture, harvesting and transport,wood processing for products including lumber, pulp and paper, and wood-based panels, as well as bioenergy production and various forest byproducts and non-wood forest products. In 2015, the combined value of output of this whole industry was around 300 billion CNY. Chinese research and development(R&D) has been instrumental in supporting growth and development across the whole breadth of the country s eucalypt industry. In this report,recent advances in this R&D are reviewed under six key topics:(1) advanced propagation technology;(2) genetic resources and breeding;(3) targeted silviculture;(4) eucalypt disease and pest management;(5) enhancing plantation ecology and sustainability; and(6) wood processing and byproduct technology. R&D has greatly facilitated expansion and proliferation of all parts of China s eucalypt industry. This industry is now of major importance to China s economy; it involves tens of thousands of growers and companies that provide livelihoods for hundreds of thousands of people.