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Jane Harbard

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Ms Jane Harbard

Research Assistant

BAgSci, MAgSc (Adelaide)

Anon

Contact Details

Contact Campus Sandy Bay Campus
Building Life Sciences Building
Room Reference 263
Telephone +61 3 6226 7657
Fax +61 3 6226 2698
Email J.L.Harbard@utas.edu.au

Publications

Key Publications

  • Nghiem Q, Harbard JL, Harwood CE, Griffin AR, Ha TH, Koutoulis A (2013) Pollenâpistil interactions between autotetraploid and diploid Acacia mangium and diploid A. auriculiformis. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 25, 96-110.
  • Harbard JL, Griffin AR, Foster S, Brooker C, Kha LD, Koutoulis A (2012) Production of colchicine-induced autotetraploids as a basis for sterility breeding in Acacia mangium Willd. Forestry 85, 427-436
  • Griffin AR, Vuong TD, Vaillancourt RE, Harbard JL, Harwood CE, Nghiem CQ, Thinh HH (2012) The breeding systems of diploid and neoautotetraploid clones of Acacia mangium Willd. in a synthetic sympatric population in Vietnam. Sexual Plant Reproduction 25, 257-265.
  • Nghiem CQ, Harwood CE, Harbard JL, Griffin AR, Ha TH, Koutoulis A (2011) Floral phenology and morphology of colchicine-induced tetraploid Acacia mangium compared with diploid A. mangium and A. auriculiformis: implications for interploidy pollination. Australian Journal of Botany 59, 582-592.
  • Griffin AR, Vuong TD, Harbard JL, Wong CY, Brooker C, Vaillancourt RE (2010) Improving controlled pollination methodology for breeding Acacia mangium Willd. New Forests 40, 131-142.
  • Le Dinh Kha, Griffin AR, Ha Huy Thinh, Harbard J, Le Son, Duong Thanh Hoa, Chi NQ (2009) Research on ploidy identification and characterization of Acacia mangium tetraploids in comparison with diploid clones in Vietnam. Science and Technology Journal of Agriculture & Rural Development 9, 114-120.
  • Humphreys JR, O'Reilly-Wapstra JM, Harbard JL, Davies NW, Griffin AR, Jordan GJ, Potts BM (2008) Discrimination between seedlings of Eucalyptus globulus, E. nitens and their F1 hybrid using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy and foliar oil content. Silvae Genetica 57, 262-269.
  • Harbard JL, Griffin AR, Espejo J (1999) Mass controlled pollination of Eucalyptus globulus: a practical reality. Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere 29, 1457-1463.
  • Moncur MW, Boland DJ, Harbard JL (1997) Aspects of the floral biology of Allocasuarina verticillata (Casuarinaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 45, 857-869.
  • Sedgley M, Harbard J (1993) Pollen storage and breeding system in relation to controlled pollination of four species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Australian Journal of Botany 41, 601-609.
  • Sedgley M, Harbard J, Smith RMM, Wickneswari R, Griffin AR (1992) Reproductive-Biology and Interspecific Hybridization of Acacia mangium and Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Australian Journal of Botany 40, 37-48.
  • Sedgley M, Harbard J, Smith RM (1992) 'Hybridisation techniques for acacias.' Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Technical Reports No. 20, 11p

    Career Summary

    My career has been spent in practical and research aspects of pollination biology of tree species. Controlled pollination techniques were developed for Acacia mangium and A. auriculiformis for hybrid production as part of ACIAR project FST1986/030 based at the University of Adelaide. This was followed by several years of working in the plantation industry in Indonesia.  I came to UTas from Shell International Forestry Ltd in the UK where we developed 'One Stop Pollination' a pollination technique for use in South American Eucalypt breeding orchards which has become an industry standard. I now work with genome doubling agents for production of A. mangium, A. auriculiformis and A. crassicarpa polyploids from elite seed produced by the Vietnamese Academy Of Forest Sciences. This work began with an ACIAR funded project FST2003/002 Polyploid Breeding Methodologies of Tropical Acacias and continues with FST2008/007 Advanced Breeding and development methods for tropical acacias.

    For more information on this project visit http://www.breedingtropicalacacias.com/

    Research Interests

    • Pollination biology of Eucalypt and Acacia
    • Polyploid induction techniques and ploidy identification for tropical Acacia

    Research Areas

    Research Project/s