Barnett / Jeronimidis Wood Quality and its Biological Basis

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4781-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Biological Sciences Series

Wood is the most versatile raw material available to man. It isburned as fuel, shaped into utensils, used as a structuralengineering material, converted into fibres for paper production,and put to newer uses as a source of industrial chemicals.
Its quality results largely from the chemical and physicalstructure of the cell walls of its component fibres, which can bemodified in nature as the tree responds to physical environmentalstresses. Internal stresses can accumulate, which are releasedcatastrophically when the tree is felled, often rendering thetimber useless. The quality of timber as an engineering materialalso depends on the structure of the wood and the way in which ithas developed in the living tree.
Tree improvement for quality cannot be carried out without anunderstanding of the biological basis underlying wood formation andstructure. This volume brings together the viewpoints of bothbiologists and physical scientists, covering the spectrum from theformation of wood to its structure and properties, and relatingthese properties to industrial use.
This is a volume for researchers and professionals in plantphysiology, molecular biology and biochemistry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barnett, John

Jeronimidis, George

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tree growth and wood quality. Wood anatomy in relation to quality. Wood chemistry in relation to quality. Wood density and growth. Reaction wood. Growth stresses. Wood quality for pulp and paper. The mechanical properties of wood. References. Index.