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Re-sprouting in mallee eucalypts
Coppicing tree crops harvested on short rotations depend on vigorous rootstocks for continued success. Wildy and Pate (pp. 185-197) show Eucalyptus kochii is well adapted to repeated production of shoot meristems. However, over-frequent cutting results in a decline in productivity. This is linked to photosynthate starvation of rootstocks and consequential decrease in starch reserves.
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