Reference:

Shepherd DP, Fox JED, Duff H and Schatral A (2008) Near Short Communication: An effective technique for performing in-vitro pollination experiments with flowers of Santalum spicatum and Santalum album . Sandalwood Research Newsletter 23, 7-8.

Abstract:

Experimental investigations of plant breeding systems frequently employ in-situ bagging of inflorescences to exclude natural pollinators so that hand pollinations can be carried out (Kearns and Inouye 1993). In a similar fashion, pollination experiments were performed for the Western Australian sandalwood S. spicatum, the Indian S. album and the Quandong, S. acuminatum (Sedgley 1982; Sindhuveerendra and Sujatha 1989; Rugkhla et al. 1997; Ma et al. 2006). The flowers and fruits of S. spicatum and S. album are, however often loosely held on the branches of the tree and abscise easily on contact (Fox and Reeve 1992). The aim of the present project was therefore to establish an effective technique for performing in-vitro pollination experiments for these two species.

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