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The properties of red meranti wood (Shorea leprosula Miq) from stand with thinning and shade free gap treatments

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Selective cutting and line planting silvicultural system has been carried out in natural forest to increase the growth rate of red meranti (Shorea leprosula Miq.). Even though high growth rate has been understood tend to decrease certain basic properties of wood; however measurement of the basic properties specifically done on the red meranti resulted from thinning and shade free gap treatment has been lacking. In the present research, measurement of the basic properties of red meranti resulted from thinning and shade free gap treatment was done. It was found that thinning and increasing shade free gap increased the diameter of tree, longitudinal shrinkage, fiber diameter, lumen diameter, sapwood extractives, and ash content. On the other hand, these treatment decreased heartwood proportion, crown coverage, specific gravity, wood density, mechanical properties, radial and tangential shrinkage, fiber length, cell wall thickness and heartwood extractives. Lignin, holocellulose, α-cellulose and hemicelluloses were not significantly influenced by the treatments. Overall, thinning and increasing shade free gap tended to reduce the quality of wood.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Sari Bumi Kusuma Ltd. of the West Kalimantan, Indonesia, for providing us with all wood samples required. Our appreciation is also extended to the Laboratory of Wood Chemistry of the Department of Forest Products, Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University for allowing us to use most of chemicals and equipment needed during the processes of our research.

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    Nyoman J. Wistara & Munawar Sukowati

  2. Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Kampus IPB Darmaga, Dramaga, Bogor, 16680, Indonesia

    Prijanto Pamoengkas

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Wistara, N.J., Sukowati, M. & Pamoengkas, P. The properties of red meranti wood (Shorea leprosula Miq) from stand with thinning and shade free gap treatments. J Indian Acad Wood Sci 13, 21–32 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13196-016-0161-y

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