INFIVE   05416
INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGIA VEGETAL
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Effects of weed control and fertilization on wood and chemi-mechanical pulp properties of a Populus deltoides clone
Autor/es:
VILLEGAS, M.S; MONTEOLIVA S.; ACHINELLI, F. G.; FELISSIA, F.E.; AREA, M.C.
Revista:
BIORESOURCES
Editorial:
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV DEPT WOOD & PAPER SCI
Referencias:
Lugar: Raleigh; Año: 2014 vol. 9 p. 801 - 815
ISSN:
1930-2126
Resumen:
Weed control and fertilization
usually lead to an increase in the growth rate of trees and, consequently, to a
possible modification of the quality of the wood and its end products. The
effect of weed control and fertilization practices were determined on tree
growth parameters, wood density, fiber weight, fiber length, and chemical wood
composition, as well as the chemi-mechanical pulp properties, for 8-year-old Populus deltoides `Delta Gold´ grown in
Argentina. Four treatments belonging to a randomized complete block design
trial were analysed: no weeding after planting (C), mechanical weed control
(M), chemimechanical weed control (CHM), and fertilized + chemimechanical weed
control (CHM-F). Soda-sulfite chemi-mechanical pulps were produced from said
trees. Handsheets were prepared from the pulps, and their physical, mechanical,
and optical properties were determined following international standards.
Several wood and pulp properties were influenced by the studied silvicultural
practices. In the context of this study, silvicultural treatments applied to Populus deltoides ?Delta Gold? (formerly
?Stoneville 66?)
trees can be applied to increase productivity (volume and fibrous output)
without detrimental consequences to wood and pulp properties, except for a
slight reduction in brightness.