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Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN ........................................................................................................................................................2 1.2 MONITORING ............................................................................................................................................................................2 1.3 SELECTION OF KEY SPECIES .................................................................................................................................................3 1.4 KEY SPECIES INFORMATION .................................................................................................................................................3 1.5 ADDITIONAL SPECIES LIST ....................................................................................................................................................5 1.6 SELECTION OF SITE TYPES ....................................................................................................................................................6 2.0 FARM TREE IMPROVEMENT TRIAL REGIONS AND LOCALITIES ............................................................................... 8 3.0 PLANTING AND MEASUREMENT SCHEDULE ..................................................................................................................... 9 4.0 TRIAL CRITERIA ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10 5.0 FARM TREE IMPROVEMENT TRIAL RESULTS ................................................................................................................. 11 5.1 RESULTS FOR THE MID-NORTH REGION ........................................................................................................................ 11 5.1.1 Appila Springs Reserve ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 5.1.2 Brown‟s Hill – Haggers ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 5.1.3 Bundaleer Forest Headquarters ........................................................................................................................................... 18 5.1.4 Mannanarie – Young‟s ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 5.1.5 Mt Bryan – Quinn‟s ............................................................................................................................................................ 23 5.1.6 Redhill – Dunsford‟s ........................................................................................................................................................... 26 5.2 RESULTS FOR THE MURRAY MALLEE .......................................................................................................................... 30 5.2.1 Lameroo ............................................................................................................................................................................. 30 5.2.1.1 Lameroo‟Bews‟ 1990 .................................................................................................................................................. 30 5.2.1.2 Lameroo 1992 ............................................................................................................................................................. 32 5.2.2 Murray Bridge ..................................................................................................................................................................... 35 5.2.3 Paruna ................................................................................................................................................................................. 37 5.2.4 Peebinga .............................................................................................................................................................................. 39 5.2.5 Pinnaroo .............................................................................................................................................................................. 41 5.2.6 Sherlock – Woidt‟s ............................................................................................................................................................. 43 5.3 RESULTS FOR THE MOUNT LOFTY RANGES ............................................................................................................ 45 5.3.1 Cudlee Creek ....................................................................................................................................................................... 45 5.3.2 Gumeracha Agroforestry Demonstration Area.................................................................................................................... 47 5.3.2.1 Blackwood, Acacia melanoxylon ................................................................................................................................ 49 5.3.2.2 Sugar Gum, Eucalyptus cladocalyx ............................................................................................................................. 51 5.3.2.3 Mixed Species, Red Gum Site ..................................................................................................................................... 53 5.3.2.4 Black Locust, Robinia pseudoacacia .......................................................................................................................... 56 5.3.2.5 Silky Oak, Grevillea robusta....................................................................................................................................... 58 5.3.2.6 Tasmanian Blue Gum, Eucalyptus globulus ................................................................................................................ 60 5.3.2.7 Mixed Species, Blue Gum Site .................................................................................................................................... 62 5.3.3 Lenswood ............................................................................................................................................................................ 65 5.3.4 Montarra – Burgan‟s ........................................................................................................................................................... 67 5.4 RESULTS FOR THE SOUTH-EAST REGION .................................................................................................................... 71 5.4.1 Coombe- Brookman‟s ......................................................................................................................................................... 71 5.4.2 Kalangadoo- Hunt‟s ............................................................................................................................................................ 74 5.4.3 Penola – Murray‟s ............................................................................................................................................................... 80 5.4.4 Struan .................................................................................................................................................................................. 83 5.4.5 Willalooka – Jackson‟s ....................................................................................................................................................... 87 5.4.6 Woolumbool - Del Fabbro‟s ............................................................................................................................................... 91 5.5 RESULTS FOR THE EYRE PENINSULA REGION........................................................................................................... 94 5.5.1 Minnipa .................................................................................................................................................................................... 94 6.0 SEED PRODUCTION AREAS ...................................................................................................................................................