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Wood Quality and its Biological Basis (Hardcover)
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Wood Quality and its Biological Basis (Hardcover)
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Wood is the most versatile raw material available to man. It is
burned as fuel, shaped into utensils, used as a structural
engineering 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 physical structure of
the cell walls of its component fibres, which can be modified in
nature as the tree responds to physical environmental stresses.
Internal stresses can accumulate, which are released
catastrophically when the tree is felled, often rendering the
timber useless. The quality of timber as an engineering material
also depends on the structure of the wood and the way in which it
has developed in the living tree. Tree improvement for quality
cannot be carried out without an understanding of the biological
basis underlying wood formation and structure. This volume brings
together the viewpoints of both biologists and physical scientists,
covering the spectrum from the formation of wood to its structure
and properties, and relating these properties to industrial use.
This is a volume for researchers and professionals in plant
physiology, molecular biology and biochemistry.
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