Mechanical, chemical and X-ray analysis of wood in the two tropical lianas Bauhinia guianensis and Condylocarpon guianense: Variations during ontogeny

Planta

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-40

  Hoffmann, Benedikt ^a   Chabbert, Brigitte ^b   Monties, Bernard ^b   Speck, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UMR614 FARE   (France)

Author keywords

Bauhinia; Biomechanics; Cell wall; Condylocarpon; Wood

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELASTIC MODULI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGNIN; TISSUE; WOOD; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ONTOGENY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA GUIANENSIS; CONDYLOCARPON; CONDYLOCARPON GUIANENSE;

EID: 0037629897     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-002-0967-2     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Abasolo WP, Yoshida M, Yamamoto H, Okuyama T (2000) Microfibril angle determination of rattan fibres and its influence on the properties of the cane. Holzforschung 54:437-442
2. Asunmaa S, Lange PW, Lindberg B, Meier H, Treiber E (1957) Die primären Pflanzenzellstoffe. In: Treiber E (ed) Die Chemie der Pflanzenzellwand. Springer, Berlin, pp 139-280
3. Balashov V, Preston RD, FRS, Ripley GW, Spark LC (1957) Structure and mechanical properties of vegetable fibres: The influence of strain on the orientation of cellulose microfibrils in sisal leaf fibre. Proc R Soc London B 146:460-468
4. Bhat KM, Priya PB, Rugmini P (2001) Characterisation of juvenile wood in teak. Wood Sci Technol 34:517-532
5. Blakeney AB, Harris PJ, Henry RJ, Stone BA (1983) A simple and rapid preparation of alditol acetates for monosaccharide analysis. Carbohydr Res 113:291-299
6. Bodig J, Jayne B (1993) Mechanics of wood and wood composites, revised edn. Krieger, Malabar
7. Bruechert F, Becker G, Speck T (2000) The mechanics of Norway Spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst]: mechanical properties of standing trees from different thinning regimes. For Ecol Manage 135:45-62
8. Chabbert B, Monties B, Rowe NP, Speck T (1997) Variability of lignin composition and lignification pattern in the lianescent and self-supporting growth phase of the liana Condylocarpon guianense. In: Jeronimidis GJ, Vincent JFV (eds) Plant biomechanics: conference proceedings I. Centre for Biomimetics, The University of Reading, pp 73-78
9. Cowdrey DR, Preston RD (1966) Elasticity and microfibrillar angle in the wood of Sitka spruce. Proc R Soc London B 166:245-272
10. Englyst HN, Cummings JH (1984) Simplified method for the measurement of total non starch polysaccharides by gas-liquid chromatography of constituent sugars as alditol acetates. Analyst 109:937-942
11. Fengel D, Wegener G (1984) Wood/chemistry, ultrastructure, reactions. de Gruyter, Berlin
12. Garleb KA, Bourquin LD, Fahey GC (1989) Neutral monosaccharide composition of various fibrous substrates: a comparison of hydrolytic procedures and use of anion-exchange-high-performance liquid chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection of monosaccharides. J Agric Food Chem 37:1287-1289
13. Gibson LJ, Ashby MF (1988) Cellular solids structure and properties. Pergamon, Oxford
14. Hoffmann B, Chabbert B, Monties B, Speck T (2000) Mechanical properties and chemical cell wall composition of two tropical lianas. In: Wisser A, Nachtigall W (eds) Biona-report 14. Fischer, Stuttgart, pp 10-15
15. Kantola M, Kähkönen H (1963) Small-angle X-ray investigation of the orientation of crystallites in Finnish coniferous and deciduous wood fibres. Ann Acad Sci Fenn Ser A6 137:3-14
16. Köhler L, Speck T, Spatz H-C (2000) Micromechanics and anatomical changes during early ontogeny of two lianescent Aristolochia species. Planta 210:691-700
17. Kollmann F (1982) Technologie des Holzes und der Holzwerkstoffe, 2nd edn. Springer, Berlin
18. Lapierre C, Monties B, Rolando R (1986) Thioacidolysis of poplar lignins: identification of monomeric syringyl products and characterization of guaiacyl-syringyl rich fractions. Holzforschung 40:113-119
19. Lapierre C, Pollet B, Rolando C (1995) New insights into the molecular architecture of hardwood lignins by chemical degradative methods. Res Chem Intermed 21:397-412
20. Lichtenegger H, Reiterer A, Tschegg S, Fratzl P (1998) Determination of spiral angles of elementary fibrils in the wood cell wall: comparison of small-angle X-ray scattering and wide-angle X-ray diffraction. In: Butterfield BG (ed) Microfibril angle in wood. Proceedings of the IAWA/IUFRO international workshop on the significance of microfibril angle to wood quality. University of Canterbury, New Zealand, pp 140-156
21. Lichtenegger H, Reiterer A, Stanzl-Tschegg SE, Fratzl P (1999) Variation of cellulose microfibril angles in softwoods and hardwoods - a possible strategy of mechanical optimisation. J Struct Biol 128:257-269
22. Mark RE (1967) Cell wall mechanics of tracheids. Yale University Press, New Haven
23. Monties B (1984) Dosage de la lignine insoluble en milieu acide: influence du prétraitement par hydrolyse acide sur la lignine Klason de bois et de paille. Agronomie 4:387-392
24. Monties B (1989) Lignins. In: Dey PM, Harborne JB (eds) Methods in plant biochemistry, vol 1. Academic Press, London, pp 113-157
25. Monties B (2003) Botanical variability and mechanical function of lignins: two critical aspects of the plant secondary metabolism. In: Imperato F (ed) Phytochemistry of secondary products. Research Signpost, Trivandrum, India (in press)
26. Monties B, Fukushima K (2001) Occurrence, function and biosynthesis of lignins. In: Hofrichter M, Steinbüchel A (eds) Biopolymers/lignin, humic substances and coal, vol 1. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp 1-64
27. Preston RD (1974) The physical biology of plant cell wall. Chapman and Hall, London
28. Rowe NP, Speck T (1996) Biomechanical characteristics of the ontogeny and growth habit of the tropical liana Condylocarpon guianense (Apocynaceae). Int J Plant Sci 157:406-417
29. Sachs L (1999) Angewandte Statistik. Springer, Berlin
30. Seaman J, Moore W, Mitchell R, Millet M (1954) Techniques for determination of wood constituents by quantitative paper chromatography. Tappi J 37:336-343
31. Speck T, Rowe NP (1999) A quantitative approach for analytically defining size, form and habit in living and fossil plants. In: Kurmann MH, Hemsley AR (eds) The evolution of plant architecture. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Kew, pp 447-479
32. Speck T, Rowe NP, Brüchert F, Haberer W, Gallenmüller F, Spatz H-C (1996) How plants adjust the "material properties" of their stems according to differing mechanical constraints during growth: an example of smart design in nature. In: Engin AE (ed) Proceedings of the 1996 engineering systems design and analysis conference, vol 5. The American society of mechanical engineers, Montpellier, pp 233-241