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  1. Pruning Studies in <em>Pinus radiata</em>

    Pruning Studies in Pinus radiata

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: W. H.F. Hinze --- Forestry Branch, Department of Environment Affairs, A. van Laar --- Faculty of Forestry,
    Pruning trials were established in stands of Pinus radiata in three plantations in different climatic regions. The objective of the experiments was to assess the effect of a first, second, third and fourth pruning on mortality, on diameter, height and...
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  2. Trait variations in 28-year-old teak (<em>Tectona grandis</em>) provenance field trials in Ghana, West Africa

    Trait variations in 28-year-old teak (Tectona grandis) provenance field trials in Ghana, West Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Stephen Adu-Bredu --- CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Ghana Daniel A Ofori --- CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Ghana Anders Ræbild --- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Denmark Jon K Hansen --- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Denmark Appolinaire Koffi --- Société de Développement defs Forêts (SODEFOR), Côte d’Ivoire Philipp Vigneron --- CIRAD, Forest Department, Research Unit 39, Diversity and Breeding of Forest Tree Species, France Erik D Kjær --- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, Denmark
    Stem straightness, axis persistence, presence/absence of protuberant buds and epicormics, diameter and height have profound influence on timber quality and volume of teak (Tectona grandis). Provenance trials of teak were established in the 1970s in Ghana, as part of the...
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