Anatomical characteristics in 20-year-old Zelkova serrata trees from eight half-sib families

Zelkova serrata (Thunb.) Makino (“keyaki” in Japanese) is an important broad-leaved species for the wood industry in Japan. To analyze the among-family variation of anatomical characteristics in Z. serrata , wood fiber length (WFL), vessel element length in earlywood (VEL), fiber wall thickness (FWT...

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Published in:Journal of wood science 2016-10, Vol.62 (5), p.472-476
Main Authors: Prasetyo, Agung, Endo, Ryota, Takashima, Yuya, Ishiguri, Futoshi, Tanabe, Jun, Aiso, Haruna, Hidayati, Fanny, Ohshima, Jyunichi, Iizuka, Kazuya, Yokota, Shinso
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Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Life Sciences
Materials Science
Trees
Variance analysis
Vessels
Wall thickness
Wood fibers
Wood Science & Technology
Zelkova serrata
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Summary:Zelkova serrata (Thunb.) Makino (“keyaki” in Japanese) is an important broad-leaved species for the wood industry in Japan. To analyze the among-family variation of anatomical characteristics in Z. serrata , wood fiber length (WFL), vessel element length in earlywood (VEL), fiber wall thickness (FWT), and vessel diameter in earlywood (VD) were investigated for 20-year-old trees from eight half-sib families. Mean values of WFL, VEL, FWT, and VD ranged from 1.31 to 1.51 mm, 0.19 to 0.22 mm, 1.2 to 2.1 µm, and 131 to 188 µm, respectively. Relatively higher F values were obtained by analysis of variance for WFL and VEL, suggesting that these characteristics might be improved though the selection of mother trees under tree breeding programs. In addition, growth characteristics were not significantly correlated with anatomical characteristics, except for FWT.
ISSN:1435-0211
1611-4663
DOI:10.1007/s10086-016-1575-2