The breeding of forest trees is only a few decades old, and is a much more complicated,
longer, and expensive endeavor than the breeding of agricultural crops. One breeding cycle …

Wood has always been used by man for his means of transport. It is only since the beginning
of the 20th century that it has fallen into disuse due to the industrial production of concrete …

In the current study, two molds, Aspergillus flavus (ACC# LC325160) and Penicillium
chrysogenum (ACC# LC325162) were inoculated into two types of wood to be examined …

We showed that a mobile handheld laser scanner (HHLS) provides useful features
concerning the wood quality-influencing external structures of trees. When linked with wood …

Hyperspectral imaging is a technique that combines spectroscopy and imaging. Originally
utilized in the 1980's by the remote sensing community it is now utilized in a wide variety of …

Abstract Purpose of Review Producing wood of the right quality is an important part of forest
management. In the same way that forest growth models are valuable decision support tools …

Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is widely used as a nondestructive evaluation (NDE) tool
for predicting wood properties. When deploying NIR models, one faces challenges in …

The lignin biosynthetic pathway is highly conserved in angiosperms, yet pathway
manipulations give rise to a variety of taxon-specific outcomes. Knockout of lignin …

A large portion of the terrestrial vegetation carbon stock is stored in the above-ground
biomass (AGB) of tropical forests, but the exact amount remains uncertain, partly owing to …

The IML PD series Resi is a device used to assess the drilling resistance of wood. The IML
PD series Resi instrument is being widely adopted for commercial wood quality assessment …