“…Some elite varieties of woody species, like apple, eucalypt, and pine, are difficult to root and therefore cannot be exploited as a commercial product. Because of commercial interest, several studies on apple (Ricci et al, 2001;Naija et al, 2008;Smolka et al, 2009), eucalypt (Fett-Neto et al, 2001Schwambach et al, 2005) and loblolly pine (Greenwood et al, 2001;Rasmussen and Hunt, 2010) have been conducted. However, the number of molecular studies of the rooting process in these species is very limited and most studies have focussed on techniques that promote adventitious rooting.…”