大花序桉心边材变异规律和候选基因挖掘研究

为探究大花序桉(Eucalyptus cloeziana)心材比例差异显著的不同家系间心边材变异规律,挖掘心材变异相关的候选基因,为珍贵用材树种高效培育及育种利用提供基因资源。以18 a生的2个心材比例差异显著的大花序桉家系为材料(家系1和2),各制作解析木3株,沿着树干以1 m为区间分段截取圆盘,测量东西和南北2个方向的带皮直径、去皮直径、总年轮数、边材年轮数、边材直径,并开展心材和边材径向和轴向分析。同时利用各解析木胸径处初生木质部样品进行DNA混池测序,发掘等位基因频率差异显著的SNP位点并挖掘相关功能基因。结果表明,大花序桉边材宽度和心材半径的方位变异中家系2大于家系1,平均差值分别为0.7和5.5 cm,在随树高的变异中,家系1和2的心材半径和心材年轮数的下降速率分别为0.40和0.64及0.43和0.36。两家系间基本密度差异显著,家系1为0.80～0.82 g/cm³,家系2为0.75～0.78 g/cm³。基本密度与树高、横截面半径和心材半径呈显著负相关,与顺纹抗拉强度、弦面硬度和部分力学性质呈显著正相关。利用DNA混池测序共...     

不同生态条件对人工林杨树木材物理力学性质的影响

在施肥与未施肥、淹水与未淹水两种生态条件下,以杨树人工林木材I-69杨为对象,对木材年轮宽度、基本密度、干缩性质、主要力学性质进行了测试,并对数据进行了统计、对比和分析.结果表明,施肥处理后,木材年轮宽度、静态抗弯弹性模量和顺纹抗压强度分别增大0.99%、2.73%和1.06%;全干时和气干时的径向、弦向、体积全干干缩率分别降低了4.2%、7.7%、6.6%、15.6%、6.3%和11.1%;木材密度、抗弯强度、动态抗弯弹性模量则分别降低了2%、1.79%、8.13%.与未淹水相比,季节性淹水对I-69杨木材密度、木材干缩率和力学性质的影响较大,二者差异显著(P＜0.05).其中木材密度、全干时和气干时的径向、弦向、体积干缩率、抗弯强度、抗弯弹性模量以及顺纹抗压强度分别降低了5.5%、11.1%、9.2%、9.6%、16.7%、10.9%、8.5%、24.29%、18.18%和16.81%.     

油杉木材物理力学性质研究

对油杉Keteleeria fortunei木材的物理与力学性质进行测定与比较,结果表明,油杉木材的气干密度为0.576 g·cm~(-3),全干密度为0.544 g·cm~(-3),属中密度木材。油杉木材的气干径向、弦向和体积干缩系数分别为4.408%、3.272%和7.892%,气干差异干缩为1.347,油杉木材具有不易开裂和变形的特征。油杉木材的抗弯强度、顺纹抗压强度分别为92.701、57.217 Mpa,端面、弦面和径面硬度分别为4635.9、3420.8和3606.8 N,其抗弯强度、顺纹抗压强度和硬度均属中等。50年生油杉木材的物理力学性质优于22年生马尾松Pinus massoniana、湿地松Pinus elliottii和28年生杉木Cunninghamia lanceolata、秃杉Taiwania cryptomerioides。     

16个粗皮桉种源遗传特征分析及选优

为选择优良种源及家系,对广西东门林场不同种源8 a生粗皮桉(Eucalyptus pellita)生长和与纸浆材相关的材性性状的遗传特征进行研究.结果表明,粗皮桉的木材平均纤维长度为590.9μm,平均纤维宽度为28.9μm,纤维长宽比为20.34,扭结指数为0.29,边材纤维的长宽比、扭结指数比心材的大.胸径与树高,...     

温带不同材性树种树干非结构性碳水化合物的径向分配差异

温带森林不同树种具有不同的非结构性碳水化合物(NSC)存储和利用策略, 树干是成年树木NSC主体储存库。但树干NSC径向变异和种间差异仍不清楚, 无孔材(裸子植物)、散孔材和环孔材(被子植物)所代表的木材孔性功能群对树干NSC浓度的影响尚缺乏定论。为探索温带森林主要树种树干NSC浓度随树木木材孔性和组织的变化特征, 该研究在黑龙江省穆棱市的东北典型阔叶红松(Pinus koraiensis)林中选择32个树种, 采集胸高位置树皮、边材和心材3种组织, 分析NSC浓度随木材孔性和组织的变化特征。结果表明: (1)树种、组织和木材孔性均显著影响树干的NSC浓度。3种组织可溶性糖、淀粉、总NSC浓度和糖/淀粉的种间变异较大, 变异系数最低为37% (树皮总NSC浓度), 最高达到101% (心材淀粉浓度), 树干组织、树种及其交互作用均显著影响NSC浓度。(2)总体上可溶性糖、淀粉和总NSC浓度均随径向深度增加而降低。无孔材树皮的可溶性糖浓度和糖/淀粉显著高于散孔材和环孔材, 而边材中的淀粉和总NSC浓度为环孔材>散孔材>无孔材。(3)无孔材可溶性糖、淀粉和总NSC浓度边材和心材比均在1左右, 显著低于散孔材和环孔材, 而且无孔材边材和心材之间淀粉浓度相关较紧密, 表明被子植物的边材、心材功能分化较裸子植物更为明显。研究结果表明木材孔性影响了温带树种树干NSC存储策略, 研究整树NSC以及树木生理生态学功能需要区分树干组织。     

基于beta回归的长白落叶松树干含水率预测模型

为探究人工长白落叶松边材、心材、树皮、树干含水率沿树干的纵向变化规律,本研究结合样地、样木效应,构建了基于beta回归的含水率混合效应模型,采用不限定相对高度(方案Ⅰ)和限定高度在2 m以下(方案Ⅱ)2种抽样方式对模型进行校正。结果表明：边材、树干含水率沿树干向上逐渐增加;心材含水率沿树干向上先略减后增大;树皮含水率沿树干向上先增大后趋于平缓,然后再增加。相对高度、活冠高、林分每公顷胸高断面积、年龄和林分优势高是显著影响长白落叶松木材含水率的因子。方案Ⅰ下,随机抽取2～3个圆盘的含水率测量值来校准模型可以得到稳定的预测精度,树干含水率的平均绝对误差百分比(MAPE)可达7.2%(随机抽取2个),边材、心材、树皮含水率的MAPE可达7.4%、10.5%、10.5%(随机抽取3个);方案Ⅱ下,抽取1.3和2 m圆盘的含水率测量值校准模型最适宜,边材、心材、树皮和树干含水率的MAPE分别达到7.8%、11.0%、10.4%和7.1%。所有beta混合效应回归模型的预测精度都明显优于基础模型。包含样地、样木效应的两水平beta混合效应回归模型可以很好地预测长白落叶松各部位的含水率。     

长白鱼鳞云杉木材纹孔塞不同位置对渗透性的影响

通过对长白鱼鳞云杉（Picea jezoensis var.komarovii(V.Vassi.)Cheng et L.K.Fu)生材分别进行气干处理和酒精置换处理以及对其气干材进行水浸后再用酒精置换处理,研究了此３种处理方法形成不同的纹孔塞位置对木材渗透性的影响。结果表明,为材和心材的生材经气干处理后,其中边材的早材和晚材纹孔闭塞率增加至９９％和８１％,而心材因为其纹孔塞在立木时就已发生偏移,其早材和晚材纹孔闭塞率亦高,分别为９７％和８６％;由于其绝大多数纹孔塞保持中央位置,其中边材的早材和晚材纹孔塞闭率低,分别为８％和１７％,而心材因为绝大部分纹孔在立木时即已为关闭状态,酒精置换处理以降低其闭塞率无效,故其纹孔闭塞率高,分别为９７％和８６％;此种状态下边材和心材的气体渗透性分别为１１．７１３和０．０７４darcy,比普通气干处理状态下的渗透性分别增加１０１．５倍和６２．０％,t检验表明,前差异非常显,但后差异不显,气干材经水浸处理后再用酒精置换处理,其边材的早材和晚材纹孔闭塞率分别降低了１８％和２２％,心材分别降低了０和１７％;其气体渗透性分别为０．４３９和０．０６０darcy,较处理前分别增 ８５％和４９％,t检验表明差异均显。     

中国主要树种木材物理力学属性的地理格局及其环境控制

木材的物理力学属性制约树木生长发育的重要过程,也是决定木材用途的主要依据.研究木材的物理力学属性及其影响因素,可为合理应用木材、科学开展林木选育、改进林业管理等提供必要参考.目前已有的研究多关注单一的木材密度指标,且缺乏多种影响因子的比较.本研究通过建立中国木材物理力学属性及影响因素综合数据库,对自然状态下我国主要树种木材力学属性的分布格局及其驱动因素进行了探讨.结果表明,选择气干密度、弦向干缩系数和冲击韧性作为评估木材物理力学属性的基础指标,比单一木材密度指标更准确,解释率更高;在选用的生活型、气候和土壤等3类因素中,生活型是影响木材力学物理属性变化的最重要因素,气候因子次之,土壤因子基本可忽略,并且气候和土壤因子的作用被生活型所掩盖,这意味着气候因子对于木材物理力学属性的影响是通过影响物种分布而产生作用的.     

腐烂等级、径级对典型阔叶红松林红松倒木物理化学性质的影响

倒木是森林生态系统的重要组成部分, 在地力维护、生物多样性保持以及碳(C)和养分循环等方面具有重要意义, 但倒木物理化学性质随其腐烂等级和径级而变化。为了深入理解腐烂等级和径级对倒木物理化学性质的影响, 该研究以典型阔叶红松林的建群种——红松(Pinus koraiensis)的倒木为研究对象, 将其每个腐烂等级(I-V)下的倒木分为4个径级(径级i ≤ 10.0 cm、径级ii 10.1-30.0 cm、径级iii 30.1-50.0 cm、径级iv >50.0 cm), 研究了不同腐烂等级、径级及两者交互作用对倒木心材和边材物理化学性质的影响。结果表明: 心材和边材具有相似的变化规律。倒木心材和边材含水率随着腐烂等级增加而增加, 而木材密度随腐烂等级和径级的增加均呈下降趋势; 边材C含量以及心材和边材的氮(N)、磷(P)含量随腐烂等级增加呈上升趋势, 心材N、P含量随径级增加呈先增加后减少的趋势; 纤维素含量随腐烂等级增加呈下降趋势, 而木质素含量呈上升趋势, 纤维素和木质素含量随径级增加没有明显变化规律。倒木含水率与C、N、P、木质素含量(除心材P含量)显著正相关, 与纤维素含量显著负相关; 木材密度与C、N、P、木质素含量显著负相关, 与纤维素含量显著正相关。由此可见, 倒木物理化学性质受不同腐烂等级和径级的影响有各自的变化规律, 且倒木的物理性质(含水率和木材密度)是影响化学含量变化的重要因素。     

尾巨桉树干木质部液流密度径向变化特征

目前尾巨桉(Eucalyptus urophylla×Eucalyptus grandis)在中国南部大面积种植,尤其是在广西。其水分利用效率对森林的可持续发展以及水资源管理越来越受到关注。在不了解树干液流径向变化的前提下,将最外层边材液流测定值推广到整树或者林分尺度会产生很大的误差。为了准确测定整树耗水,采用热消散探针法(TDP)研究了南宁七坡林场4年生尾巨桉树干液流的径向变化特征。结果表明:各个深度有相似的日变化规律,0~20 mm深液流占有很大比例,随季节有所变化,20~40 mm深液流保持相对稳定;通过对0~20 mm和20~40 mm两个边材深度的日平均液流密度进行曲线回归分析,两者存在显著的幂指数相关关系(R20.90,P=0.00);同时分析了不同深度的径向分布格局,发现尾巨桉属于4大液流径向分布格局之一的递减型,且递减程度比较陡峭;白天和夜间的径向变化规律不一样,白天液流密度径向变化较明显,夜间则表现稳定。本文的发现有助于通过更精确地计算季节性液流密度来准确估算混种桉树的水分利用效率,对土地管理有重要的意义。     

Insights into intraspecific wood density variation and its relationship to growth,height and elevation in a treeline species

• The wood economics spectrum provides a general framework for interspecific trait–trait coordination across wide environmental gradients. Whether global patterns are mirrored within species constitutes a poorly explored subject. In this study, I first determined whether wood density co‐varies together with elevation, tree growth and height at the within‐species level. Second, I determined the variation of wood density in different stem parts (trunk, branch and twigs).
• In situ trunk sapwood, trunk heartwood, branch and twig densities, in addition to stem growth rates and tree height were determined in adult trees of Nothofagus pumilio at four elevations in five locations spanning 18° of latitude. Mixed effects models were fitted to test relationships among variables.
• The variation in wood density reported in this study was narrow (ca. 0.4–0.6 g cm^?3) relative to global density variation (ca. 0.3–1.0 g cm^?3). There was no significant relationship between stem growth rates and wood density. Furthermore, the elevation gradient did not alter the wood density of any stem part. Trunk sapwood density was negatively related to tree height. Twig density was higher than branch and trunk densities. Trunk heartwood density was always significantly higher than sapwood density.
• Negative across‐species trends found in the growth–wood density relationship may not emerge as the aggregate of parallel intraspecific patterns. Actually, trees with contrasting growth rates show similar wood density values. Tree height, which is tightly related to elevation, showed a negative relationship with sapwood density.

     

Radial and vertical variation of wood nutrients in Bornean tropical forest trees

Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and magnesium concentrations in woody tissue are poorly documented, but are necessary for understanding whole-tree nutrient use and storage. Here, we report how wood macronutrient concentrations vary radially and along the length of a tree for 10 tropical tree species in Sabah, Malaysia. Bark nutrient concentrations were consistently high: 2.9–13.7 times greater than heartwood depending on the nutrient. In contrast, within the wood both the radial (sapwood vs. heartwood) and vertical (trunk bottom vs. trunk middle) variation was modest. Higher concentrations in sapwood relative to heartwood provide empirical support for wood nutrient resorption during sapwood senescence. Dipterocarp species showed resorption rates of 25.3 ± 7.1% (nitrogen), 62.7 ± 11.9% (phosphorus), and 56.2 ± 12.5% (potassium), respectively, while non-dipterocarp species showed no evidence of nutrient resorption in wood. This suggests that while dipterocarps have lower wood nutrient concentrations, this family is able to compensate for this by using wood nutrient resorption as an efficient nutrient conservation mechanism. In contrast to other nutrients, calcium and magnesium tended to accumulate in heartwood. Wood density (WD) showed little vertical variation along the trunk. Across the species (WD range of 0.33 to 0.94 mg/cm³), WD was negatively correlated with wood P and K concentration and positively correlated with wood Ca concentration. As our study showed exceptionally high nutrient concentrations in the bark, debarking and leaving the bark of the harvested trees on site during logging operations could substantially contribute to maintaining nutrients within forest ecosystems.     

New Insights on Wood Dimensional Stability Influenced by Secondary Metabolites: The Case of a Fast-Growing Tropical Species Bagassa guianensis Aubl.

Challenging evaluation of tropical forest biodiversity requires the reporting of taxonomic diversity but also the systematic characterization of wood properties in order to discover new promising species for timber industry. Among wood properties, the dimensional stability is regarded as a major technological characteristic to validate whether a wood species is adapted to commercial uses. Cell structure and organization are known to influence the drying shrinkage making wood density and microfibrils angle markers of choice to predict wood dimensional stability. On the contrary the role of wood extractive content remains unclear. This work focuses on the fast-growing tropical species Bagassa guianensis and we report herein a correlation between heartwood drying shrinkage and extractive content. Chemical extractions and shrinkage experiments were performed on separate wood twin samples to better evaluate correctly how secondary metabolites influence the wood shrinkage behaviour. Extractive content were qualitatively and quantitatively analysed using HPLC and NMR spectroscopy. We found that B guianensis heartwood has a homogeneous low shrinkage along its radius that could not be explained only by its basic density. In fact the low drying shrinkage is correlated to the high extractive content and a corrected model to improve the prediction of wood dimensional stability is presented. Additionally NMR experiments conducted on sapwood and heartwood extracts demonstrate that secondary metabolites biosynthesis occurs in sapwood thus revealing B. guianensis as a Juglans-Type heartwood formation. This work demonstrates that B. guianensis, a fast-growing species associated with high durability and high dimensional stability, is a good candidate for lumber production and commercial purposes.     

Formation and vertical distribution of sapwood and heartwood in Cryptomeria japonica D. Don

The formation and vertical distribution of sapwood and heartwood were studied with a 45-year-old Cryptomeria japonica D. Don. The tree was grown at a plantation with 1.5 m × 3.0 m spacing near Miao-Li, Taiwan and was felled on 27 February 1992. The thickness of sapwood and heartwood was expressed by a ring count and a linear measurement. The east-west (E-W) wood strips were collected from 0.3 m above ground upwards to the top of the tree at 2.5 m intervals. The sapwood thicknesses from the base to the 10.3 m tree level height are around 20–22 growth rings and 42±2 mm. At the top of the tree, the sapwood thickness is narrower. The heartwood, which decreases in thickness with increasing tree level heights is not found at the top of the tree. The heartwood appears as a conical shape in the tree trunk. There is no statistical difference in sapwood/heartwood thickness between E-W aspects. Tree level heights and the tree level age were found to be important parameters in determining the thickness of sapwood/heartwood.     

Is oxygen involved in beech (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Fagus sylvatica</Emphasis>) red heartwood formation?

European beech (Fagus sylvatica) facultatively develops red heartwood, which decreases the value of its timber and is difficult to predict in standing trees. According to current theory, the absence of oxygen prevents discolouration in the wood of uninjured trees, and red heartwood forms when oxygen enters the stem through injuries. This theory requires that oxygen concentrations in uncoloured wood are generally very low, and that oxygen can diffuse several metres in the centre of a stem, bypassing the respiring sapwood. Oxygen concentrations measured at different depth in stems with and without red heartwood varied strongly and were generally depleted relative to the air, but rarely close to 0. Concentrations in red heartwood were somewhat, though not significantly higher than in the inner wood of trees without red heartwood. The colour of wood exposed to different oxygen concentrations changed strongly at higher concentrations, but concentrations in standing stems are generally high enough for discolouration. Model calculations suggested that only massive injuries that kill most sapwood at an entry point would allow high amounts of oxygen to penetrate to the core, in which case it may diffuse several metres in the axial direction without being consumed by respiring sapwood. However, given the relatively high diffusion in axial direction, oxygen should spread within a few days, not several years as the development of red heartwood appears to take. These measurements and calculations suggested that, while oxygen is required for beech red heartwood discoloration, it is not the only factor involved but could act by affecting the activity of micro-organisms.     

Distribution of extractive substances in wood of the Siberian larch (Larix sibirica Ledeb.)

A distribution of extractive substances by height on the trunk and radius of the wood of the Siberian larch (Larix sibirica Ledeb.) was investigated. The maximum flavonoid content in terms of dihydroquercetin (the main flavonoid of the larch wood) was shown to be in the butt part of the tree. In the radial direction, this parameter increased from the center to periphery of the heartwood and reached the maximum value at the sapwood boundary. The maximum content of arabinogalactan (AG) was observed in the bottom and in the top of the trunk. The distribution of the extractive substances was studied in roots of the Siberian larch for the first time.     

Size- and Age-dependent Variation in the Properties of Sap- and Heartwood in Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacaciaL.)

Dissection and mechanical bending experiments showed that the cross-sectional area and elastic moduli of sap- and heartwood varied within the trunk and branches as a function of the distance from the top of a 43-year-old black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacaciaL.). Wood in branches less than 1 m from the top of the tree consisted entirely of sapwood; the majority of the wood from more basipetal (and older) parts of the tree was heartwood. The Young's elastic moduli of sap- and heartwood increased towards the base of the trunk, and, on average, the modulus of the sapwood was 35%less than that of the heartwood. Younger, more distal tree limbs, therefore, were more flexible than older portions of the same tree. Simple bending experiments showed that the flexural rigidity of young limbs was governed by the location, physical properties, and the relative quantities of the two types of wood. The rigidity of limbs increased toward the base of the tree, and was dominated by sapwood in young limbs and by heartwood in the oldest parts of the tree. These trends predict that the younger, distal limbs of this tree can more easily deflect and bend in the wind, thereby reducing drag and the total bending moment on the tree trunk, while older limbs and the trunk are sufficiently rigid to support static self-loadings. Further study, however, is required to determine whether the trends reported here apply to all trees of this species and to trees of different species.     

Mechanical Properties of Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) Wood. Size- and Age-dependent Variations in Sap- and Heartwood

Variations in the density and stiffness (Young's elastic modulus)of fresh wood samples drawn from different parts of the threemain trunks of a 32-year-old black locust tree,Robinia pseudoacacia(measuring 19.8 m at its highest point), were studied to determinewhether tree ontogeny can achieve a constant safety factor againstmechanical failure. Based on the properties of isolated woodsamples, the fresh density of sapwood decreased along radialtransects from bark to pith, while that of progressively olderheartwood samples increased, on average, towards the centreof each of the three trunks. Along the same radial transects,the Young's elastic modulus of sap- and heartwood increased.In terms of longitudinal changes in wood properties, mean woodmoduli (averages of sap- and heartwood samples) increased, onaverage, towards the base of each of the three trunks of thetree. However, the mean fresh densities of wood samples increasedtowards the top and the bottom of each trunk and were lowestroughly near trunk mid-length. The mean density-specific stiffness(the quotient of Young's modulus and fresh density) of woodwas thus lower toward the top and the bottom of the trunks andhighest near trunk mid-length. Mean values of fresh wood density-specificstiffness were used to estimate the critical buckling heightsfor sections of the trunks differing in diameter and age. Theseestimates indicated that ontogenetic variation in the physicalproperties and relative amounts of sap- and heartwood in trunkscould maintain a constant factor of safety (approximately equalto 2) as a sapling grows in height and girth into a mature tree.This expectation was supported by data from 16 black locusttrees differing in height and diameter at breast height (DBH). Wood; elastic properties; tree height; biomechanics