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Eucalyptus Plantation Worldwide, Its Hybridization and Cloning Development

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According to the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) report that was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the year 2020, the total forest area across the globe is estimated to have amounted to 4.06 billion hectares (ha), which covers 31% of the total land area.

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This study was funded by the Transdisciplinary Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (TRGS 2018–1), reference code: TRGS/1/2018/UPM/01/2/3, by the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), Malaysia.

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  1. Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Wood Industry, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Pahang Kampus Jengka, 26400, Bandar Tun Razak, Pahang, Malaysia

    Seng Hua Lee, Nik Hazlan Nik Hashim, Mazlin Kusin, Siti Zalifah Mahmud, Norashikin Kamarudin & Ainul Munirah Abdul Jalil

  2. Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    Seng Hua Lee & Rasdianah Dahali

  3. Research Center for Biomass and Bioproducts, National Research and Innovation Agency, Cibinong, 16911, Indonesia

    Muhammad Adly Rahandi Lubis

  4. Research Collaboration Center for Biomass and Biorefinery Between BRIN and Universitas Padjajaran, National Research and Innovation Agency, Cibinong, 16911, Indonesia

    Muhammad Adly Rahandi Lubis

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Lee, S.H. et al. (2024). Eucalyptus Plantation Worldwide, Its Hybridization and Cloning Development. In: Lee, S.H., Lum, W.C., Antov, P., Krišťák, Ľ., Rahandi Lubis, M.A., Fatriasari, W. (eds) Eucalyptus. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7919-6_1

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