Sourcing seed from a wide range of provenances is a core part of YAN’s Climate Ready Revegetation project. Through our partnership with the Botanic Gardens Sydney, we now have the opportunity to assess whether seed from diverse provenances is delivering the genetic diversity we aim to achieve.
Over the next three years, we will sample three plant species grown from our carefully sourced Climate Ready seed, starting with Yellow Box (Eucalyptus melliodora).
On Thursday, 27 March, YAN’s Climate Ready Team welcomed special visitors Marlien van der Merwe and Tricia Hogbin from the Botanic Gardens of Sydney’s Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience, along with Michelle Dawson from AdaptNSW, to the Murrumbateman Landcare Nursery.
We presented Marlien and Tricia with 12 seed collections of Eucalyptus melliodora, which their team will germinate and sample for genetic analysis. Marlien and Tricia then showed us how to take leaf samples from our nursery plants before heading out to two of our Climate Ready trial sites. There, we collected additional leaf samples from planted-out Yellow Box, as well as some beautiful old remnant trees.
Photo Credit: Tricia Hogbin
We were grateful to catch up again with Michelle, as she and her AdaptNSW team have provided invaluable support and advice to our project over the last seven years.
Photo Credit: Tricia Hogbin
To top off the science, we enjoyed a shared meal, featuring delicious home-grown produce from some of our wonderful trial hosts.
We can’t wait to learn about the results from the genetic testing!
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This project has been assisted by the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust. Landcare Australia Michael King grants enable us to purchase seed from diverse provenances.
Written by Sonya Duus, Climate Ready Revegetation Project Officer
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