Sandalwood Breeding Research

Author: Li Yinglan
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is the first specialized work on sandalwood in China, providing a detailed investigation into the history of sandalwood application and the process of introducing sandalwood cultivation in China. It comprehensively introduces the production conditions of sandalwood-producing countries worldwide and the overview of the international market. Based on over 30 years of research on the introduction and cultivation of sandalwood and regional promotion experiments, the author discusses the characteristics of sandalwood growth and development, its requirements for external environmental conditions, as well as the growth conditions of sandalwood in various test sites in China and its future development prospects. Combining China's actual conditions, the book summarizes a set of practical cultivation and propagation techniques, from seed storage, germination, seedling cultivation, host configuration, pest and disease control to the selection of suitable forest land. It also covers afforestation and logging and processing, and conducts forward-looking research on the artificial promotion of heartwood formation.