Agathis - Araucaria - Wollemia "Past, Present and Future"
The above symposium is now in the past. For the present we request that those interested in the Proceedings read on.
The Symposium has taken place, was very well attended and we are sure, enjoyed by all.
Of those attending, all had an interest in the Araucariaceae, from the lover of these magnificent trees through the propagator, to plants person/gardener, scientist, botanist including many other avenues of interest with valuable information from International Personnel presenting papers.
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Introduction
The Araucariaceae, comprising the Agathis, Araucaria, Wollemia genera, is arguably the most magnificent family of trees to have ever graced our planet. They have been widely admired for their beauty and utilised for their highly esteemed timber, nut and shelter qualities. Because of the increasing fascination worldwide with subjects related to the dinosaur age and the "greening of Gondwana", the revival of interest in the Araucariaceae is both timely and justified.
"The Proceedings" will include papers as follows:
· Papers will be presented in English and collated to be formally published as the definitive work on the Araucariaceae to date.
 | PROGRAMME OF PAPERS - Taken from the Book of Abstracts presented at the Symposium 14-17 March , 2002. |
Session 1: Family Characteristics, Fossil History & Taxonomy of the Araucariaceae.
Paper Number:
| 1. New perspectives on the divisions of the Araucaria family - David J. de Laubenfels (U.S.A.) |
2. A conspectus of the Araucariaceae - Mike Wilcox (N.Z.)
3. Agathis, Araucaria and Wollemia - all posses unusual meristems in the leaf axils - Geoff Burrows (Australia)
4. Crown structure in Araucariaceae - P.B. Tomlinson )U.S.A.)
5. Araucariaceae: development and decline - J. van der Burgh (Netherlands)
6. Antarctic Araucariaceae - a taxonomic and chemosystematic approach to understanding the family through geological time - Imogen Poole, David Cantrill & Pim F. van Bergen (Netherlands & U.K. (Abstract only)
7. Conifers in the Cretaceous - Tertiary succession of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula: biostratigraphy, taxonomy and taphonomy - Tania Lindner Dutra (Brazil)
8. Araucariaceae in Antarctica with special focus in the King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Northern Antarctic Peninsula) fossil record - Tania Lindner Dutra (Brazil)
9. Araucaria: the fossil record - Ruth Stockey (Canada)
10. Araucaria heterophylla as a model to reconstruct fossil conifers from the Upper Carboniferous by means of multivariate analysis - G.R. Hernan - dez - Castillo, Gar W. Rothwell & Ruth Stockey (U.S.A. Canada)
11. Fossil Agathis (Plantae: Araucariaceae) in New Zealand - M.K. Eagle (N.Z.)
12. Molecular systematics and chloroplast genome evolution of Araucariaceae and relatives - Sean W. Graham, Hardeep S. Rai, Patrick A. Reeves & Richard G. Olmstead (Canada, U.S.A.)
13. Utility and evolution of microsatellites in the Araucariaceae - Leon Scott, Merv Shepheard, Robert Henry, Glenn Graham, Mark Dieters & Garth Nikles (Aust.)
14. The relegation of the Mesozoic Araucariaceae into dysfunctional refuges in the Cainozoic is explained by the comparative differences precisely recorded in the collective physiological tolerances of all living things - Graeme Platt (N.Z.)
Session 2: Araucaria Part 1:
Biology, Economic Botany, Ecology, Silviculture, cultivation, Dendrology and conservation: Australia and the Pacific
Paper Number
15. Araucaria seeds as a staple food - a cultural-ecological convergence of three harvesting peoples in South America and australia - Winifried Golte (Germany)
16. Bunya pine - the romantic Araucaria of Queensland - John Huth (Aust.)
17. The bunya pine - the ecology of Australia's other "living fossil" araucarian - Ian R. Smith & Don Butler (Aust.)
18. The use of araucarias in Victoria, Australia - Alistair Watt (Aust.)
19. Horticulture and management of Melbourne's Agathis and Araucaria species - L. Andrews, B. Harris, G. Moore & R. Skipper (Aust.)
20. Araucariaceae in Tasmania - Phillip Parsons (Aust.)
21. Population status and conservation biology of Araucaria nemorosa de Laub. - Timothy Waters (UK)
22. Towards sustainable utilisation of Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla) - Rex Glencross-Grant (Aust.)
23. History of Norfolk pine (Araucaria heterophylla) in New Zealand - John Adam (N.Z.)
24. In vitro studies for multiplication of Araucaria heterophylla - A.V. Vadawale, D.M. Barve & Y.T. Jasrai (India) (Abstract only)
25. Araucaria in the urban landscape - Richard Hart (N.Z.)
26. Araucariaceae under cultivation in New Zealand - Clive Higgie (N.Z.)
27. The hoop pine story - from rainforest emergent to native plantations - John Huth, Ian Last & Mark Lewty (Aust.)
28. Reproductive biology of hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) in Queensland - R.J. Haines, D.G. Nikles, M.J. Dieters, D.D. Doley, M.J. Johnson & Yetty G.B. Setiawata (Aust.)
29. Genetic Improvement and conservation ofhoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) in Queensland D.G. Nikles, M.J. Dieters, M.J. Johnson (Aust.)
30. Wood quality and commercial aspects of hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii Ait.) - W. Leggate & S. Catchpoole (Aust.)
31. Comparison of klinki pine (Araucaria hunsteinii K. Schum.) and hoop pine (A. cunninghamii Ait. ex D. Don) growing in north Queensland - D.G. Nikles, K.J. Robson & M.J. Dieters (Aust.)
32. Biology, genetic variation, conservation and silviculture of klinki pine (Araucaria hunsteinii K. Schum.) in Papua New Guinea - N.H.S. Howcroft (PNG)
Session 3: Araucaria Part 2:
Biology, Economic Botany, Ecology, Silviculture, Cultivation, Dendrology and conservation: South America.
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33. Silvicultural aspects of Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O.Kuntze - Rudi Seitz (Brazil)
34. Distinction between Araucaria angustifolia seeds from different locations in Brazil by D.N.Z. sequencing and isozyme pattern - Andrea Mertz, Martin Guttenberger & Rudiger Hampp (Brazil, Germany)
35. Ecophysiological aspects of Araucaria angustifolia: a summary of greenhouse and field experiments - Lucia R. Dillenburg, Morgana Mosena, Simone Yamasaki, Leandro da S. Duarte, Roberta B. Zandavalli, Ana Maria S. Franco, Mario Luiz Garbin & Luiz Gustavo R. da Silva (Brazil)
36. The Araucaria-Forest Project in the Mata Atlantica of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - S. Ruge (Germany)
37. Chlorophyll fluorescence as a measure for vitality of seedlings and adult trees of Araucaria angustifolia - Elisabeth Magel, Markus Low, Walter - Erich Mayer, Andrea Mertiz & Rudiger Hampp (Germany)
38. Entomofauna of Araucaria angustifolia in South Brazil - Roland Mecke, Maria Helena M. Galileo & Wolf Engels (Brazil, Germany)
39. Effect of a two years-long refrigerated storage on the germination of Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O.Kuntze seeds - V. Piriz Carrillo, H. Fassola, A. Chaves & A. Mugridge (Argentina)
40. Storage reserves and cellular water in mature embryos of Araucaria angustifolia - V. Panza, V. Lainez, H.L. Maroder, I. Prego & S. Maldonado (Argentina)
41. Early growth patterns of five provenances of parana pine (Araucaria angustifolia) in New Zealand - Ian Barton (N.Z.)
42. Brazil's national treasure: Araucaria angustifolia - its proven performance and potential for afforestation and seed cropping in New Zealand - Geraldo Suchodolak (Brazil)
43. An overview of Araucaria araucana and its relatives under cultivation in the United Kingdom - Philip Thomas (U.K.)
44. Cartographic representations of Araucaria araucana - David Aagesen (U.S.A.)
45. Seed trait variation in Argentinian populations of Araucaria araucana - F. Izquierdo, P. Vecchi & L. Gallo (Argentina)
46. Araucaria araucana (Monina) K. Koch seed diet in wild and domestic herbivores - F. Izquierdo, A. Pelliza, G. Siffredi, L. Gallo & N. Stritzler (Argentina) (Abstract only)
47. Estimation of gross production of pinons by the araucaria (Araucaria araucana) in the forests of Lanin National Park - Argentina - J. Sanguinetti, L. Maresca, M. Gonzaliz Penalba & L. Chauchard (Argentina)
48. Isozyme gene marker determination in Argentinian populations of Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch - F. Izquierdo & L. Gallo (Argentina) (Abstract only)
Session 4: AGATHIS & WOLLEMIA: Biology, Economic Botany, Ethnology, Ecology, Silviculture, Cultivation, Dendrology and Conservation.
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49. Biogeography of Agathis across its range - Aljos Farjon & Timothy Waters (U.K.)
50. The molecular systematics of Agathis - Mary Ryan & Trevor Whiffin (Aust.)
51. Agathis macrophylla - Melanesia's big tree - Gunnar Keppel, Lex thomson & Eliki Senivasa (Fiji)
52. A strategy for investigating, conserving and managing the genetic resources of Santo kauri (Agathis silbae) - Helen Corrigan, Simon Naupa, Runte Likiafu, Joseph Tungon, Channel Sam, Leimon Kalamor, Ioan Viji, Livo Mele & Lex Thomson (Vanuatu & Aust.)
53. Genetic structuring of the Araucariaceae in eastern Australia: rainforest refugia and population dynamics - M.G. Pye & P.A. Gadek (Aust.)
54. Improved tapping of almaciaga (Agathis philippinensis) for sustained resin yield - Arsenio Ella (Philippines)
55. Agathis australis (D. Don) Lindl. - New Zealand kauri: an overview of its history, ecology and management - A.E. Beveridge & D.O. Bergin (N.Z.)
56. The place of kauri (Agathis australis) in the six-stage sequential order of forest succession/progression - Graeme Platt (N.Z.)
57. Heartwood production in New Zealand Kauri (Agathis australis) - G.A. Steward (N.Z.)
58. The reproductive biology of kauri (Agathis australis) - John N. Ownes, Glenda L. Catalano & Jenny Aitken (Canada & N.Z.)
59. Agathis australis - somatic embryogenesis for germplasm storage and propagation - Jenny Aitken (N.Z.)
60. Fungi associated with Araucariaceae, with particular reference to Agathis australis in New Zealand - Eric H.C. McKenzie, Peter K. Buchanan & Peter R. Johnston (N.Z.)
61. Weevils (Curculionoidea) in male strobili of Araucariaceae - G. Kuschel (N.Z.)
62. Propagation of Agathis and Araucaria from seed - Gordon Scott & Graeme Platt (N.Z.)
63. Agathis robusta in Auckland, New Zealand - Ewen Cameron (N.Z.)
64. Strategies for conserving Wollemia nobilis - Patricia Meagher & Cathy Offord (Aust.)
65. Unresolved phylogenetic position of Wollemia, Araucaria and Agathis - Tracy A. Codrington, Leon J. Scott, Kirsten D. Scott, Glenn C. Graham, Maurizio Rossetto, Mary Ryan, Trevor Whiffin, Robert J. Henry & Ken Hill (Aust.)
66. Insects feeding on Wollemi Pine under cultivation - Judith King (Aust.) (Abstract only)
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Mr. Graeme Platt, P.O. Box 302-084, North Harbour Mail Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. Telephone NZ 09-4156964 or Fax NZ 09-4156925.
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Agathis - Araucaria - Wollemia "Past, Present and Future"