DRYING BEHAVIOR AND PERMEABILITY OF Eucalyptus grandis LUMBER

The floral transcriptome of Eucalyptus grandis.

As a step toward functional annotation of genes required for floral initiation and development within the Eucalyptus genome, we used short read sequencing to analyze transcriptomes of floral buds from early and late developmental stages, and compared these with transcriptomes of diverse vegetative tissues, including leaves, roots, and stems. A subset of 4807 genes (13% of protein-coding genes) ...

Programmable Control for Lumber Drying in Chambers

A programmable control system for the convective drying of lumber in chambers is developed, based on specially designed drying algorithm, which allows computing the set-point values for the temperature and the relative humidity of the heating and drying air as a function of the wood type, wood thickness and the current average value for the wood moisture content and wood temperature. The specia...

Performance of Australian Provenances of Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus saligna in Hawaii

Use of SSR-Tools for clone certification in Uruguayan Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus dunnii breeding programs

Background Over the last two decades, commercial plantations in Uruguay have increased exponentially, particularly those destined for pulp and paper industry. Although the about 700,000 ha of commercial plantations of Eucalyptus are a continuous source for the selection of elite genotypes, there is no national registration system for Eucalyptus clones in this country. The traditional procedure ...

Principles and Devices for Controlling the Drying of Lumber

It seems like almost everyone either has a new controller for their lumberdrying operations or is thinking about getting one. In the July 1988 Forest Industries, in "A shoppers' guide to electronic kiln controls," I described some of the benefits likely to accrue to users of these machines. Those benefits include improved grade recovery, greater kiln productivity, better use of limited steam su...