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Cellular Aspects of Wood Formation (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
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Cellular Aspects of Wood Formation (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Series: Plant Cell Monographs, 20
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With today's ever growing economic and ecological problems, wood as
a raw material takes on increasing significance as the most
important renewable source of energy and as industrial feedstock
for numerous products. Its chemical and anatomical structure and
the excellent properties that result allow wood to be processed
into the most diverse products; from logs to furniture and veneers,
and from wood chippings to wooden composites and paper. The aim of
this book is to review advances in research on the cellular aspects
of cambial growth and wood formation in trees over recent decades.
The book is divided into two major parts. The first part covers the
basic process of wood biosynthesis, focusing on five major steps
that are involved in this process: cell division, cell expansion,
secondary cell wall formation, programmed cell death and heartwood
formation. The second part of the book deals with the regulation of
wood formation by endogenous and exogenous factors. On the
endogenous level the emphasis is placed on two aspects: control of
wood formation by phytohormones and by molecular mechanisms. Apart
from endogenous factors, various exogenous effects (such as climate
factors) are involved in wood formation. Due to modern microscopic
as well as molecular techniques, the understanding of wood
formation has progressed significantly over the last decade.
Emphasizing the cellular aspects, this book first gives an overview
of the basic process of wood formation, before it focuses on
factors involved in the regulation of this process.
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