Variation in tree growth, wood density, and pulp fiber properties of 35 white spruce (Picea glauca (moench) voss) families grown in Quebec

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 467-475

  Duchesne, Isabelle ^a   Zhang, S Y ^a  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basic wood density; Fiber coarseness; Fiber length; Genetic variation; Growth ring width; Kraft pulping properties; Plantation; White spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss)

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FORESTRY; KRAFT PROCESS; NATURAL FIBERS; PAPER; PRINTING PROPERTIES; PULP; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RING WIDTH; HANDSHEET TEAR INDEX; PICEA GLAUCA VOSS; PULP FIBER PROPERTIES; PULPING PROPERTIES; TREE GROWTH;

SOFTWOODS;

BOND PAPERS; DENIER; FIBER ANALYSIS; FIBER COMPOSITION; FIBER LENGTH; FINENESS; GROWTH RATE; KRAFT PULPING; KRAFT PULPS; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA GLAUCA; PLANTATIONS; PRINTABILITY; PULP PROPERTIES; SMOOTHNESS; TEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREES; WOOD DENSITY;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 7244253285     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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