Changes in water distribution in heartwood along stem axes in Cryptomeria japonica

Journal of Wood Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-115

  Nakada, Ryogo ^a   Fujisawa, Yoshitake ^a   Yamashita, Kana ^b   Hirakawa, Yasuhiko ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptomeria japonica; Heartwood; Soft X ray photography; Wetwood; Within tree variation

Indexed keywords

CLONING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANTS (BOTANY); X RAY CAMERAS;

WATER DISTRIBUTION;

WOOD;

CLONES; CRYPTOMERIA; HEART WOOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; STEMS; X RAYS;

CRYPTOMERIA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0142103222     PISSN: 14350211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100860300017     Document Type: Article

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