Heartwood colour variation in home garden teak (tectona grandis) from wet and dry localities of Kerala, India

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-54

  Thulasidas, P K ^a   Bhat, K M ^a   Okuyama, T ^b  

^a KERALA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorimetry; Home garden forestry; Site effect; Wood colour; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COLORIMETRY; FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS;

HOME GARDEN FORESTRY; SITE EFFECT; WOOD COLOR;

WOOD;

COLOR; COLORIMETRY; FORESTRY; GROWTH; HEART WOOD; PLANTATIONS; WOOD PROPERTIES;

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 33645510614     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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