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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Biology of Reaction Wood
  name:
    name part: Gardiner, Barry.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Barnett, John.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Saranpää, Pekka.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Gril, Joseph.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: IX, 274 p. 77 illus., 36 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: The book is an essential reference source on reaction wood for wood scientists and technologists, plant biologists, silviculturists, forest ecologists, and anyone involved in the growing of trees and the processing of wood. It brings together our current understanding of all aspects of reaction wood, and is the first book to compare and discuss both compression wood and tension wood. Trees produce reaction wood to maintain the vertical orientation of their stems and the optimum angle of each branch. They achieve this by laying down fibre cell walls in which differences in physical and chemical structure from those of normal fibres are expressed as differential stresses across the stem or branch. This process, while of obvious value for the survival of the tree, causes serious problems for the utilisation of timber. Timber derived from trees containing significant amounts of reaction wood is subject to dimensional instability on drying, causing distortion and splitting. It is also difficult to work as timber, and for the pulp and paper industry the cost of removing the increased amount of lignin in compression wood is substantial. This has both practical and economic consequences for industry. Understanding the factors controlling reaction wood formation and its effect on wood structure is therefore fundamental to our understanding of the adaptation of trees to their environment and to the sustainable use of wood. The topics covered include: -Morphology, anatomy and ultrastructure of reaction wood -Cell-wall polymers in reaction wood and their biosynthesis -Changes in tree proteomes during reaction wood formation <-The biomechanical action and biological functions of reaction wood - Physical and mechanical properties of reaction wood from the scale of cell walls to planks -The detection and characterisation of compression wood -Effects of reaction wood on the performance of wood and wood-based products - Commercial implications of reaction wood and the influence of f…
  table of contents: Introduction -- Morphology, Anatomy and Ultrastructure of Reaction Wood -- Cell Wall Polymers in Reaction Wood -- The Molecular Mechanisms of Reaction Wood Induction -- Biomechanical Action and Biological Functions -- Physical and Mechanical Properties of Reaction Wood -- Detection and Grading of Compression Wood -- Effects of Reaction Wood on the Performance of Wood and Wood-based Products -- Commercial Implications of Reaction Wood and the Influence of Forest Management.
  note: edited by Barry Gardiner, John Barnett, Pekka Saranpää, Joseph Gril.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Forestry
  subject:
    topic: Trees
  subject:
    topic: Forest products
  subject:
    topic: Plant anatomy
  subject:
    topic: Plant development
  subject:
    topic: Plant physiology
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Wood Science & Technology
  subject:
    topic: Forestry
  subject:
    topic: Plant Physiology
  subject:
    topic: Plant Anatomy/Development
  subject:
    topic: Tree Biology
  classification: SD430-559
  classification: TS800-915
  classification: 620.12
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer Series in Wood Science
  identifier: 9783642108143
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10814-3
  record info:
    record creation date: 140108
    record change date: 20151103122822.0
    record identifier: 978-3-642-10814-3