Juvenile/mature wood transition in loblolly pine as defined by annual ring specific gravity, proportion of latewood, and microfibril angle

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 292-299

  Clark III, Alexander ^a   Daniels, Richard F ^b   Jordan, Lewis ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile mature transition; MFA; Percent latewood; Pinus taeda L.; Specific gravity

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GENETIC ENGINEERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL RING SPECIFIC GRAVITY; JUVENILE/MATURE WOOD TRANSITION; MICROFIBRIL ANGLE; PERCENT LATEWOOD; PROPORTION OF LATEWOOD;

WOOD;

AGING; DENSITY MEASUREMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33646573973     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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