Specific gravity of hybrid poplars in the north-central region, USA: Within-tree variability and site × genotype effects

Forests

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 251-269

  Headlee, William L ^a   Zalesny Jr , Ronald S ^b   Hall, Richard B ^a   Bauer, Edmund O ^a   Bender, Bradford ^c   Birr, Bruce A ^b   Miller, Raymond O ^c   Randal, Jesse A ^a   Wiese, Adam H ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northern Research Station   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Bole position; Clones; Correlation; Feedstock quality; Populus; Short rotation woody crops; Tree growth; Water stress; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BOLE POSITION; POPULUS; SHORT-ROTATION WOODY CROPS; TREE GROWTH; WATER STRESS; WOOD DENSITY;

BIOMASS; CLONING; CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY);

FORESTRY;

ANGIOSPERM; BIOMASS; CLONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENOTYPE; GRAVITY; GROWTH; HYBRID; TREE; WATER STRESS; WOOD;

BIOMASS; CLONES; CORRELATION; DENSITY; FARM CROPS; POPULUS; ROTATION;

IOWA; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

POPULUS;

EID: 84883277318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f4020251     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Zalesny, R.S., Jr.; Donner, D.M.; Coyle, D.R.; Headlee, W.L. An approach for siting poplar energy production systems to increase productivity and associated ecosystem services. For. Ecol. Manag. 2012, 284, 45-58.
2. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA). Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Synthesis; Island Press: Washington, DC, USA, 2005; p. 155.
3. Thelemann, R.; Johnson, G.; Sheaffer, C.; Banerjee, S.; Cai, H.; Wyse, D. The effect of landscape position on biomass crop yield. Agron. J. 2010, 102, 513-522.
4. Headlee, W.L. Productivity and Biometry of Hybrid Poplars with Respect to Establishment, Regeneration, Regional Modeling, and Utilization of Bio-Energy Byproducts. Ph.D. Thesis, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA, 212.
5. Burken, J.G.; Schnoor, J.L. Predictive relationships for uptake of organic contaminants by hybrid poplar trees. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1998, 32, 3379-3385.
6. Zalesny, J.A.; Zalesny, R.S., Jr.; Wiese, A.H.; Sexton, B.T.; Hall, R.B. Uptake of macro- and micro-nutrients into leaf, woody, and root tissue of Populus after irrigation with landfill leachate. J. Sust. For. 2008, 27, 303-327.
7. Headlee, W.L.; Zalesny, R.S., Jr.; Donner, D.M.; Hall, R.B. Using a process-based model (3-PG) to predict and map hybrid poplar biomass productivity in Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA. Bioenergy Res. 2013, 6, 196-210.
8. Stanton, B.; Eaton, J.; Johnson, J.; Rice, D.; Schuette, B.; Moser, B. Hybrid poplar in the Pacific Northwest: The effects of a market-driven management. J. For. 2002, 100, 28-33.
9. Johnson, J.M.F.; Coleman, M.D.; Gesch, R.; Jaradat, A.; Mitchell, R.; Reicosky, D.; Wilhelm, W.W. Biomass-bioenergy crops in the United States: A changing paradigm. Am. J. Plant Sci. Biotechnol. 2007, 1, 1-28.
10. U.S. Department of Energy. U.S. Billion-Ton Update: Biomass Supply for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry; Perlack, R.D., Stokes, B.J., Eds.; Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, TN, USA, 2011; p. 227.
11. Langholtz, M.; Graham, R.; Eaton, L.; Perlack, R.; Hellwinkel, C.; de la Torre Ugarte, D. Price projections of feedstocks for biofuels and biopower in the U.S. Energy Pol. 2012, 41, 484-493.
12. Berndes, G.; Hoogwijk, M.; van den Broek, R. The contribution of biomass in the future global energy supply: A review of 17 studies. Biomass Bioenergy 2003, 25, 1-28.
13. Zhu, J.Y.; Pan, X.; Zalesny, R.S., Jr. Pretreatment of woody biomass for biofuel production: Energy efficiency, technologies, and recalcitrance. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2010, 87, 847-857.
14. Wang, Z.J.; Zhu, J.Y.; Zalesny, R.S., Jr.; Chen, K.F. Ethanol production potential from poplar wood through enzymatic saccharification and fermentation. Fuel 2012, 95, 606-614.
15. Jenkins, B.M.; Baxter, L.L.; Miles, T.R., Jr.; Miles, T.R. Combustion properties of biomass. Fuel Proc. Technol. 1998, 54, 17-46.
16. Weber, J.C.; Stettler, R.F.; Heilman, P.E. Genetic variation and productivity of Populus trichocarpa and its hybrids. I. Morphology and phenology of 50 native clones. Can. J. For. Res. 1985, 15, 376-383.
17. Rajora, O.P.; Zsuffa, L. Allozyme divergence and evolutionary relationships among Populus deltoides, P. nigra, and P. maximowiczii. Genome 1990, 33, 44-49.
18. Eckenwalder, J.E. Systematics and Evolution of Populus. In Biology of Populus and Its Implications for Management and Conservation; Stettler, R.F., Bradshaw, H.D., Jr., Heilman, P.E., Hinckley, T.M., Eds.; NRC Research Press, National Research Council of Canada: Ottawa, ON, Canada, 1996; Chapter 1, pp. 7-32.
19. Kenney, W.A.; Sennerby-Forsse, L.; Layton, P. A review of biomass quality research relevant to the use of poplar and willow for energy conversion. Biomass 1990, 21, 163-188.
20. Kenney, W.A.; Gambles, R.L.; Sennerby-Forsse, L. Feedstock Characteristic and Quality. In Ecophysiology of Short Rotation Forest Crops; Mitchell, C.P., Ford-Robertson, J.B., Hinckley, T., Sennerby-Forsse, L., Eds.; Elsevier: London, UK, 1992; Chapter 10, pp. 267-284.
21. Mátyás, C.; Peszlen, I. Effect of age on selected wood quality traits of poplar clones. Silvae Gen. 1997, 46, 64-72.
22. Tharakan, P.J.; Volk, T.A.; Abrahamson, L.P.; White, E.H. Energy feedstock characteristics of willow and hybrid poplar clones at harvest age. Biomass Bioenergy 2003, 25, 571-580.
23. Pliura, A.; Yu, Q.Y.; Zhang, S.Y.; MacKay, J.; Périnet, P.; Bousquet, J. Variation in wood density and shrinkage and their relationship to growth of selected young poplar hybrid crosses. For. Sci. 2005, 51, 472-482.
24. Pliura, A.; Zhang, S.Y.; MacKay, J.; Bousquet, J. Genotypic variation in wood density and growth traits of poplar hybrids at four clonal trials. For. Ecol. Manag. 2007, 238, 92-106.
25. Olson, J.R.; Jourdain, C.J.; Rousseau, R.J. Selection for cellulose content, specific gravity, and volume in young Populus deltoides clones. Can. J. For. Res. 1985, 15, 393-396.
26. Kord, B.; Kialashaki, A.; Kord, B. The within-tree variation in wood density and shrinkage, and their relationship in Populus euramericana. Turk. J. Agric. For. 2010, 34, 121-126.
27. Riemenschneider, D.E.; Berguson, W.E.; Dickmann, D.I.; Hall, R.B.; Isebrands, J.G.; Mohn, C.A.; Stanosz, G.R.; Tuskan, G.A. Poplar breeding and testing strategies in the north-central US: Demonstration of potential yield and consideration of future research needs. For. Chron. 2001, 77, 245-253.
28. Beaudoin, M.; Hernández, R.E.; Koubaa, A.; Poliquin, J. Interclonal, intraclonal and within-tree variation in wood density of poplar hybrid clones. Wood Fiber Sci. 1992, 24, 147-153.
29. Geyer, W.A.; DeWyke, J.; Walawender, W.P. Biomass and gasification properties of young Populus clones. Wood Fiber Sci. 2000, 32, 375-384.
30. DeBell, D.S.; Singleton, R.; Harrington, C.A.; Gartner, B.L. Wood density and fiber length in young Populus stems: Relation to clone, age, growth rate, and pruning. Wood Fiber Sci. 2002, 34, 529-539.
31. Ivkovich, M. Genetic variation of wood properties in balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera L.). Silvae Gen. 1996, 45, 119-124.
32. Hernández, R.E.; Koubaa, A.; Beaudoin, M.; Fortin, Y. Selected mechanical properties of fast-growing poplar hybrid clones. Wood Fiber Sci. 1998, 30, 138-147.
33. Zhang S.Y.; Yu, Q.; Chauret, G.; Koubaa, A. Selection for both growth and wood properties in hybrid poplar clones. For. Sci. 2003, 49, 1-8.
34. Semen, E.; Kuo, M.; Su, Y.C.; Hall, R.B.; Stokke, D.D. Physical properties of kraft pulp from four-year-old aspen hybrids and crosses. Wood Fiber Sci. 2001, 33, 140-147.
35. Blankenhorn, P.R.; Bowersox, T.W.; Strauss, C.H.; Kessler, K.R.; Stover, L.R.; Kilmer, W.R.; DiCola, M.L. Effects of management strategy and site on specific gravity of a Populus hybrid clone. Wood Fiber Sci. 1992, 24, 274-279.
36. Murphey, W.K.; Bowersox, T.W.; Blankenhorn, P.R. Selected wood properties of young Populus hybrids. Wood Sci. 1979, 11, 263-267.
37. Zalesny, R.S., Jr.; Hall, R.B.; Zalesny, J.A.; Berguson, W.E.; McMahon, B.G.; Stanosz, G.R. Biomass and genotype×environment interactions of Populus energy crops in the Midwestern United States. Bioenergy Res. 2009, 2, 106-122.
38. Hansen, E. Mid-Rotation Yields of Biomass Plantations in the North Central U.S.; Res. Pap. NC-309; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station: St. Paul, MN, USA, 1992; p. 8.
39. Hansen, E.A.; Ostry, M.E.; Johnson, W.D.; Tolsted, D.N.; Netzer, D.A.; Berguson, W.E.; Hall, R.B. Field Performance of Populus in Short-Rotation Intensive Culture Plantations in the North-Central U.S.; Res. Paper NC-320; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station: St. Paul, MN, USA, 1994; p. 13.
40. Netzer, D.A.; Tolsted, D.; Ostry, M.E.; Isebrands, J.G.; Riemenschneider, D.E.; Ward, K.T. Growth, Yield, and Disease Resistance of 7- to 12-Year-Old Poplar Clones in the North Central United States; General Technical Report NC-229; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: St. Paul, MN, USA, 2002; p. 31.
41. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Department of Agriculture. Web Soil Survey. Available online: http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov (accessed on 21 February 2013).
42. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce. National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) monthly summaries. Available online: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html (accessed on 21 February 2013).
43. SAS Institute Inc. SAS/STAT®9.3 User's Guide; SAS Institute Inc: Cary, NC, USA, 2011.
44. Farmer, R.E. Variation and inheritance of eastern cottonwood growth and properties under two soil moisture regimes. Silvae Genet. 1970, 19, 5-8.
45. Pitre, F.E.; Pollet, B.; Lafarguette, F.; Cooke, J.E.K.; MacKay, J.J.; Lapierre, C. Effects of increased nitrogen supply on the lignification of poplar wood. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2007, 55, 10306-10314.
46. Hacke, U.G.; Plavcová, L.; Almeida-Rodriguez, A.; King-Jones, S.; Zhou, W.; Cooke, J.E.K. Influence of nitrogen fertilization on xylem traits and aquaporin expression in stems of hybrid poplar. Tree Physiol. 2010, 30, 1016-1025.