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The molecular mechanisms of reaction wood induction
- Source :
- HAL, The Biology of Reaction Wood ISBN: 9783642108136, The biology of reaction wood, The biology of reaction wood, Springer, 274 p, 2014, Springer series in wood science, 978-3-642-10813-6 978-3-642-10814-3 (eBook) ISSN / 1431-8563
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2014.
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Abstract
- The book is an essential reference source on reaction wood for wood scientists and technologists, plant biologists, silviculturists, forest ecologists, and anyone involved in the growing of trees and the processing of wood. It brings together our current understanding of all aspects of reaction wood, and is the first book to compare and discuss both compression wood and tension wood. Trees produce reaction wood to maintain the vertical orientation of their stems and the optimum angle of each branch. They achieve this by laying down fibre cell walls in which differences in physical and chemical structure from those of normal fibres are expressed as differential stresses across the stem or branch. This process, while of obvious value for the survival of the tree, causes serious problems for the utilisation of timber. Timber derived from trees containing significant amounts of reaction wood is subject to dimensional instability on drying, causing distortion and splitting. It is also difficult to work as timber, and for the pulp and paper industry the cost of removing the increased amount of lignin in compression wood is substantial. This has both practical and economic consequences for industry. Understanding the factors controlling reaction wood formation and its effect on wood structure is therefore fundamental to our understanding of the adaptation of trees to their environment and to the sustainable use of wood.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
0303 health sciences
anatomy
Cell division
Secondary growth
reaction wood
Endogeny
15. Life on land
Biology
01 natural sciences
Cell wall
03 medical and health sciences
biomechanical action
forest
Botany
morphology
Biophysics
[SDV.BV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology
Lignin biosynthesis
[SDV.BV] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology
biosynthesis
Secondary cell wall
030304 developmental biology
010606 plant biology & botany
wood
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISBN :
- 978-3-642-10813-6
- ISBNs :
- 9783642108136
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- HAL, The Biology of Reaction Wood ISBN: 9783642108136, The biology of reaction wood, The biology of reaction wood, Springer, 274 p, 2014, Springer series in wood science, 978-3-642-10813-6 978-3-642-10814-3 (eBook) ISSN / 1431-8563
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f360d92ef0ae95492eccd15042451bd0