Kari Löyttyniemi 
,
Raimo Hiltunen,
Riitta Löyttyniemi,
Seppo Räisänen
Monoterpene composition of needle oil of Pinus oocarpa and Pinus caribaea.
Löyttyniemi K., Hiltunen R., Löyttyniemi R., Räisänen S. (1982). Monoterpene composition of needle oil of Pinus oocarpa and Pinus caribaea. Silva Fennica vol. 16 no. 4 article id 5167. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15082
Abstract
The monoterpene composition of the needle oil of Pinus oocarpa Schiede ex Schltdl. and Pinus caribaea Morelet growing in Zambia were studied by means of GC-MS. P. oocarpa needle samples were taken from 29 trees representing different clones in a seed orchard and from 43 trees in a commercial plantation in 1980. The P. caribaea needle samples were collected from 17 clones in a seed orchard.
Nine compounds were positively identified in the monoterpene fraction of P. oocarpa and eight in that of P. caribaea. The amounts of these compounds showed marked tree-to-tree variation and the sample trees were screened into distinct groups on the basis of the variation. The results give a basis for selection in favour of pest resistance and turpentine yield.
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Keywords
needles;
disease resistance;
monoterpenes;
Pinus oocarpa;
Pinus caribaea
Published in 1982
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