GENETIC, SITE, AND WITHIN-TREE VARIATION IN SPECIFIC GRAVITY AND MOISTURE CONTENT OF YOUNG SYCAMORE TREES.

S. B. Land; S. G. Dicke; G. A. Tuskan; P. E. Patterson

GENETIC, SITE, AND WITHIN-TREE VARIATION IN SPECIFIC GRAVITY AND MOISTURE CONTENT OF YOUNG SYCAMORE TREES.

S. B. Land, S. G. Dicke, G. A. Tuskan, P. E. Patterson

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Abstract

In the reported experiments, specific gravity (SG), moisture content (MC), and green volume values were determined for stem wood, stem bark, limb wood, and limb bark of six-year-old sycamore trees at 5 sites in Mississippi. Specific gravity declined and MC increased with increasing height in the stem. Bark SG was higher than wood SG at large stem diameters and lower than wood SG at small diameters. Neither SG nor MC was affected greatly by limb size within the diameter range of 0-4 cm. No genetic differences among geographic sources and no genotype-by-site interactions were detected. Genetic correlations for volume with SG were near zero. Opportunities for genetic improvement are discussed, and implications for utilization of short-rotation sycamore plantations are considered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	149-153
Number of pages	5
Journal	Tappi Journal
Volume	66
Issue number	3
State	Published - 1983

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