{"product_id":"understanding-intra-ring-checking-in-pinus-radiata-wood-von-hema-nair-ganguly","title":"Understanding intra-ring checking in Pinus radiata wood","description":"\u003cp\u003ePinus radiata is the dominant plantation species of  New Zealand. Sometimes it can develop wood quality  flaw called intra-ring checking. The checks that  appear in wood during kiln drying lower value of  timber leading to loses for the forest industry. An  exhaustive comparative study was conducted to see if  the checked wood had some inherent properties that  made it more susceptible to checking. It was found  that checking could be influenced by tracheid  geometry and cell wall thickness. If the wood had  large tracheids with thin walls, it was more likely  to develop checks during drying. Lignin distribution  in the cell wall layers was also seen to play an  important role in checking. Lower lignin levels and  disruption in the pattern of lignification of the  cell wall layers increased the tendency of the wood  to develop checks. Similarly, if the tracheids had  larger pits then their tendency to check increased.  This study(funded by WQI Ltd, New Zealand) was  undertaken as a part of collaborative work that was  carried out to understand wood quality issues in  Pinus radiata, with a vision of improving  its wood quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783843362542\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA comparative study between checked and non-checked Pinus radiata wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783843362542","offer_id":39469986971741,"sku":"9783843362542","price":59.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/deaf288a-37ff-4acd-abab-8d63f33e3ff2.jpg?v=1773123700","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/understanding-intra-ring-checking-in-pinus-radiata-wood-von-hema-nair-ganguly","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}