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Differentiating from normal wood, pit membranes in wetwood of subalpine fir contain bacteria of water drop shape or orbicular shape, and flaky shape, as observed using Scanning Electronic Microscope. Not only are ray parenchyma cells in wetwood partially degraded but also margo strands in pit membranes are somewhat degraded by bacterial activities. Most of the bordered-pit membranes in normal wood are unaspirated in green conditions and the proportions of aspirated pits in earlywood and latewood account for only 6.8% and 13.4%, respectively. Nevertheless, most of the bordered-pit membranes in wetwood are aspirated in green conditions and the proportions of aspirated pits account for 77.7% and 72.1%, respectively. The problem of hard-to-dry for subalpine fir could be reasoned from the considerable amount of aspirated pit membranes in wetwood.
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Translated from Journal of Nanjing Forestry University (National Science Edition), 2006, 30(1): 53–56 [译自: 南京林业大学学报 (自然科学版), 2006, 30(1): 53–56]
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Zhang, Y., Cai, L. & Xu, Y. Aspirated pits in wetwood and micromorphology of microbial degradation in subalpine fir. Front. Forest. China 1, 449–452 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11461-006-0052-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11461-006-0052-2