Genetics of Wood Production
Over the past years, a great deal has been learned about variation in wood prop erties. Genetic control is a major source of variation in most wood properties. Wood is controlled genetically both directly in the developmental or internal pro cesses of wood formation and indirectly by the control o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1995, 1995
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1995 |
| Series: | Springer Series in Wood Science
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Table of Contents:
- 1 The Role of Genetics in Wood Production-General Concepts
- 1.1 Background Information
- 1.2 Categorization of Wood and Trees
- 1.3 Wood Properties of Importance
- 1.4 The Causes and Types of Wood Variation
- 1.5 Environmental vs. Genetic Influence on Wood
- 1.6 Literature on the Inheritance of Wood
- 1.7 Summary
- 2 Genetic Controls in Wood Formation
- 2.1 Controls Influencing Wood Development
- 2.2 The Value of Genetic Differences in Wood
- 2.3 Summary
- 3 Sampling and Analysis in Genetic Studies on Wood
- 3.1 Making Wood Studies — Sampling Methods
- 3.2 Size of Sample
- 3.3 Location and Age of Sample
- 3.4 Obtaining Wood Samples
- 3.5 Methods of Determining Wood Density
- 3.6 Methods of Determining Other Wood Properties
- 3.7 Indirect Selection for Wood and Pulp Properties
- Appendix Table 3.1 Some methods used to determine wood density in trees
- Appendix Table 3.2 Some methods that have been used to determine spiral grain
- 4 The Importance of Wood Density (Specific Gravity) and Its Component Parts
- 4.1 General Concepts and the Importance of Wood Density
- 4.2 The Effect of Genetic Manipulation of Wood Density on the Final Product — General
- 4.3 Summary
- 5 The Genetics of Wood Density
- 5.1 General
- 5.2 The Genetic Control of Wood. Density in ·the Conifers
- 5.3 The Genetic Control of Wood Density in Hardwoods
- 5.4 Genetic Gains in Wood Density Using Vegetative Propagation and Coppice
- 5.5 Inheritance of Within-Tree Variation in Wood Density
- 5.6 Summary
- 6 Inheritance of the Cellular Components of Wood, Cellulose Yield and Pulp and Paper Products
- 6.1 General Concepts
- 6.2 Cells of the Hardwoods
- 6.3 Cells of the Conifers
- 6.4 Cellulose Yield and Pulp and Paper Products
- 6.5 Summary
- 7 Grain, Fibril Patterns, and Internal Defects
- 7.1General
- 7.2 Spiral Grain
- 7.3 Microfibrillar Angle
- 7.4 Miscellaneous Wood Grain Patterns, Figured Wood
- 7.5 Reaction Wood
- 11.2 Diseases and Insects
- 11.3. Wood Uniformity
- 11.4 Hybridization to Change Wood Properties
- 11.5 Effects of Polyploidy on Wood
- 11.6 The Effect of Tissue Culture and Biotechnology
- 11.7 Wood for Energy
- 11.8 Summary
- 12 Determination of Wood Properties to Be Used in a Tree Improvement Program
- 12.1 Using Genetic Information
- 12.2 Selection of Trees for a Genetics Program
- 13 Improvement in Wood by Using Genetics
- 13.1 Current and Future Usage of Genetics to Change Wood
- 13.2 Examples of Changes in Wood by the Use of Genetics
- 13.3 Improving Wood When There Is a Negative Correlation with Growth Rate
- 13.4 Summary
- References
- Species Index
- 7.6 Cracks, Shake, and Other Internal Defects
- 7.7 Summary
- 8 Tree Form and Internal Tree Characteristics
- 8.1 Introductory Comments
- 8.2 Stem. Form and Branching
- 8.3 Juvenile Wood and Genetics
- 8.4 Chemistry of Wood
- 8.5 Miscellaneous Traits
- 8.6 Summary
- 9 Wood Genetics Related to Provenance and Seed Source
- 9.1 The Meaning of Provenance and Seed Source
- 9.2 The Overall Effect of Provenance
- 9.3 S Summary
- 10 Correlations Among Wood Properties and with Growth Rate
- 10.1 General Concepts
- 10.2 Growth Rate and Wood Properties
- 10.3 Wood Property Relationships in the Conifers
- 10.4 Relationships Among Wood Properties in Hardwoods
- 10.5 Relationship of the Wood Properties of Coppice, Rooted Cuttings, and Grafts to Donor Trees
- 10.6 Wood Property Relationships Between Chemical Composition and Pulp Properties
- 10.7 Summary
- 11 The Genetics of Miscellaneous Factors That Affect Wood
- 11.1 What Are Miscellaneous Factors?