The relationships of several wood quality traits with seed origin
and phenological characteristics, measured at a young age, were
tested from six seed sources in a young Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga
menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) provenance plantation. The wood quality
traits measured were wood density, uniformity of wood density,
percentage latewood, fiber length,...
Three methods--radial compression strength, color indicators of decay and micro-toughness, an examination of tracheid fracture patterns, were evaluated for detection of early decay and for application to field use. Three-eighth-inch diameter plugs 3/4-inch long, cut from the sapwood and heartwood of a Douglas-fir pole free of decay, were decayed by...
Groups of second-growth Douglas-fir (Mirb.) Franco were excavated
in plots of two to six trees on two sites in the vicinity of Cowichan
Lake, Vancouver Is., British Columbia. Eleven excavation plots provided
36 trees which could be studied in pairs (a total of 50 pairs) in order
to ascertain the...
Laminated root rot of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.)
Franco) caused by the fungus Phellinus weirii (Murr.)Gilbertson was
studied in two successive stands in the Oregon Coast Range. Damage
due to the disease in a 60-year-old second-growth stand was compared
with incidence in the preceding 300-year-old stand on the same site....
The purpose of this study was to determine if amount and kind of thinning had an effect on wood specific gravity, modulus of rupture, modulus of elasticity, growth rate, or pulp yield and kappa number. The study involved 24 1/5-acre plots, three plots in each of eight thinning treatments. The...
The purpose of this study was to determine if thinning, fertilization or a combination of thinning and fertilization had an effect on overall average specific gravity, modulus of elasticity, modulus of rupture, fiber length and intra-ring characteristics. Material for this experiment consisted of 7 trees randomly selected from each of...