Wood Modification and Wood Preservation
Atiye Sadat Mousavi-Sangdehi; Reza Oladi; Davood Efhamisisi; Maliheh Akhtari
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Biological protection is one of the rather new and environmentally friendly methods of wood protection, in which living microorganisms have replaced chemical substances. This research was carried out with the aim of investigating the biological protection of beech wood against the white rot fungus (Trametes ...
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Biological protection is one of the rather new and environmentally friendly methods of wood protection, in which living microorganisms have replaced chemical substances. This research was carried out with the aim of investigating the biological protection of beech wood against the white rot fungus (Trametes versicolor) using Trichoderma harzianum. For this purpose, the antagonistic ability of Trichoderma against wood rotting fungus was evaluated in dual culture medium as well as on wood. Trichoderma was incubated on wood samples in two time periods of four and eight weeks, and then samples were exposed to white rot for 16 weeks. The dual culture test proved the antagonism of Trichoderma against wood-destroying fungi, in a way that after 14 days, Trichoderma had not only prevented the spread of T. versicolor hyphae, but also overgrew on its mycelia. Cellulase enzyme assay showed that this isolate of Trichoderma had little ability to secrete this enzyme, and for that reason, sample weight loss due to fungal treatment was neglectable; a result that was also confirmed by infrared spectroscopy. The duration of wood incubation with Trichoderma was an important factor in the efficiency of treatment: increasing the time by one month significantly reduced weight loss of treated samples from 15% to below 1%, while the weight loss of the control samples was more than 30%. It can be concluded that the long-term treatment of beech wood with Trichoderma does not have a destructive effect on the wood and protects it against the white rot. Therefore, it is suggested to use this type of biological agent as a pretreatment of beech wood or to combine it with other preservative materials.
Reza Oladi; Hamidreza Yavarian; MohammadHossein Sadeghzadeh Hallaj; Kambiz Pourtahmasi
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Tamarisk is a drought-resistant tree that is important environmentally and has industrial applications in some countries. The aim of this study was to compare different populations of this species in terms of diameter growth rate (growth ring width), physiological adaptability (vascular characteristics) ...
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Tamarisk is a drought-resistant tree that is important environmentally and has industrial applications in some countries. The aim of this study was to compare different populations of this species in terms of diameter growth rate (growth ring width), physiological adaptability (vascular characteristics) and wood application characteristics (fiber biometry). The study was conducted on ten-year-old saplings of six tamarisk populations that had previously been collected from different regions of Iran (Qom, Kashan, Khash, Zabol, Garmsar and Yazd) and planted in Garmsar. The results showed that Garmsar population has the largest diameter and radial growth among populations. This population chose the best strategy for adapting to cold and dry climates by keeping the vessels small and significantly increase their number, instead. This has been the reason for its better radial growth. Although the biometric properties of fibers and paper ratios showed significant statistical differences between populations, these differences were not so great as to have a significant impact on the quality of the resulting paper in practice. Therefore, although the population of Yazd was of better quality in terms of paper parameters, the selection of the best population for industry should not be only based on fiber biometry and other features such as production volume, adaptability to habitat and survival rate of seedlings should be given more importance. The positive correlation between the width of the growth rings and the length of the fibers from the perspective of wood cultivation is very favorable because the treatments that increase the growth rate will also improve the fiber properties. In general, it can be concluded that Garmsar population is the best option for planting and cultivating tamarisk in terms of adaptability to environment and wood farming.
Farhod Firouzbehi; Davood Efhamisisi; Yahya Hamzeh; asghar tarmian; Reza Oladi
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Pyrolysis acid or wood vinegar is a dark liquid derived from the condensation of steam and smoke emitted by thermal pyrolysis of wood or any other lignocellulosic material. In this study, a heating furnace was first designed to allow a precise temperature-time program. The wood from three ...
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Pyrolysis acid or wood vinegar is a dark liquid derived from the condensation of steam and smoke emitted by thermal pyrolysis of wood or any other lignocellulosic material. In this study, a heating furnace was first designed to allow a precise temperature-time program. The wood from three different species including oak, citrus and cypress were pyrolyzed under a specific temperature-time schedule. The smoke emitted from the furnace were cooled and condensed in a 20 m pipe using the flow of cold water, and then was dumped in a container as liquid. Pyrolysis was performed at three different temperature ranges of 200, 260 and 330 ° C. The obtained pyrolysis acids had different color and acidity depending on the temperature and species of wood used. Under the heating conditions used in this study, cypress had lower pyrolysis rate than hardwoods. The weight percentage gain of the treated beech and pine wood varied from 5 to 35%, which was depended to the wood species for treatment, the temperature as well as the wood used for pyrolysis. Acid pyrolysis at higher temperatures resulted in higher weight percentage gain. The acid pyrolysis obtained at lower temperature was leached at higher rates from treated wood. Also the wood types used for pyrolysis had significant effect on the amount of lechant from treated woods.
Asghar Tarmian; Marjan Ebrahimi; Reza Oladi
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In this research, the effects of vessel features, including vessel diameter, density and porosity on drying rate and casehardening of beech (Fagus Orientalis) and oak (Quercus castaneifolia) was investigated. For this purpose, flat-sawn boards with dimensions of 170×50×80 mm (L×T×R) ...
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In this research, the effects of vessel features, including vessel diameter, density and porosity on drying rate and casehardening of beech (Fagus Orientalis) and oak (Quercus castaneifolia) was investigated. For this purpose, flat-sawn boards with dimensions of 170×50×80 mm (L×T×R) were cut from the sapwood and were then dried in laboratory kiln at 50˚C and 50 % relative humidity to final moisture content of 8%. After drying, the severity of casehardening of dried boards was measured using prong test. For anatomical studies and measuring vessel features, white chalk and black marker method was used and scanned sections were analyzed using ImageJ. Pearson correlation was applied between vessel features and drying properties using SPSS software. Results showed that vessel proportion and porosity have more pronounced effect on the drying rate than vessel diameter and the latter feature can be ignored; as drying rate in the free-water domain was lower for oak having larger but fewer vessels than beech. Results also showed that correlation between casehardening and vessel diameter was significantly positive; however, a negative correlation was observed between porosity and casehardening.
Management and Economics wood
Reza Oladi
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One of the main reasons for low treatability of pine wood is pit aspiration during drying in free water domain or heartwood formation. In this research, for opening the aspirated pits in heartwood of loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda), biological incising modification method with bacteria was used and the impacts ...
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One of the main reasons for low treatability of pine wood is pit aspiration during drying in free water domain or heartwood formation. In this research, for opening the aspirated pits in heartwood of loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda), biological incising modification method with bacteria was used and the impacts of different environments and strains of bacteria on the wood gas permeability were studied. Several famous and known strains of Bacillus subtilis UT B96 bacteria in collection of plant protection department of University of Tehran (22, 35, 40, and 96) were supplied in two different culture media of bacteria, namely Nutrient Broth and water bacteria solution. Optical microscopy was used to figure out the qualitative bacterial effect on the tracheid pit pairs. Data analysis revealed that bacteria strain no.22 and water bacteria solution are the most suitable selections to open the aspirated pits and improve the wood permeability. The more destructive effect of the best strain of bacteria may be due to its ability to produce more degrading enzyme. The higher impact of bacteria in the aquatic environment is probably due to their easier mobility, limited access to oxygen or lack of access to an alternative food.
Management and Economics wood
Reza Oladi; Saeideh Nasiriani; Afshin Danekar
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From a long time ago, researchers in the fields of wood science, dendroclimatology and tree physiology were interested in variation of tree-ring width and vessel features within a tree. However, mutual relationship and interplay between these anatomical features were less studied. In this regard, the ...
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From a long time ago, researchers in the fields of wood science, dendroclimatology and tree physiology were interested in variation of tree-ring width and vessel features within a tree. However, mutual relationship and interplay between these anatomical features were less studied. In this regard, the main question is whether the pattern of adjustment in wood anatomical traits (tree-ring width and vessel features) is similar in all hardwoods and in every site? Or may the same species chose different strategies in different sites? To answer these questions, two growing sites of black alder (Alnus glutinosa) with completely different micro-climates (dry and brackish) were selected near Astara city. In each site, a few trees were selected, cut or cored. After preliminary treatments, wood cross sections were prepared from the bark to the pith of each tree. These sections were scanned and by using an image analysis software, tree-ring width (TRW), average vessel lumen area (AVLA), number of vessel in the unite of an area (VF), and the porosity (Porosity) of a tree ring were measured in the last 20 annual rings of each tree. To study the inter-relations between variables at each site, they were analyzed using different statistical tests. The results showed that the inter- and mutual-relations between tree-ring width and vessel features were similar in tow studied sites. In brief, it can be concluded that regardless of site and climatic condition, in alder trees, wider tree rings leads to fewer vessels and these two anatomical traits are controlled by the same component but AVLA is affected by a different component and is not associated with the tree-ring width.
Physics and anatomy
asghar tarmian
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In this study, some anatomical, chemical and physical properties of toothbrush wood (Salvadora persica L.) of Zabol region in Sistan and Baluchestan province were investigated. Anatomical studies showed that thi s species has short vessel with intermediate diameter, simple perforation plate and alternative ...
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In this study, some anatomical, chemical and physical properties of toothbrush wood (Salvadora persica L.) of Zabol region in Sistan and Baluchestan province were investigated. Anatomical studies showed that thi s species has short vessel with intermediate diameter, simple perforation plate and alternative intervessel pits. Ray parenchyma is homogeneous and of the procumbent cell type. Axial parenchyma is storied as seen in the tangential section and resembles paratracheal confluent arrangement in the cross section. Included phloem was present in xylem. The average fiber length, total diameter, lumen diameter and fiber wall thickening were 1898.5, 19.4, 8.2 and 5.6 µm, respectively. Chemical characteristics also showed that, toothbrush wood has average cellulose, lignin, extractives and ash content about 33.5, 21.5, 6.8 and 7.5%, respectively. The results also showed that the specific gravity of the wood was 0.49 and its mean tangential, radial and longitudinal shrinkages were 7.4, 7.8 and 0.98 %, respectively.
