If kenaf lines differ in woody core fiber length and cellulose content, it may be possible to increase the pulp quality of kenaf through breeding. Forty-eight cultiYars, breeding lines, and accessions of cultivated kenaf (HibisCIlS camzabinus L.) were analyzed for diHerences in woody core fiber length and monethanolamine (MEA) cellulose, yield, and plant size. All commercial culth-ars of kenaf ...

Resprouting multi-stemmed woody plants form an important component of the woody vegetation in many ecosystems, but a clear methodology for reliable measurement of their size and quick, non-destructive estimation of their woody biomass and carbon stock is lacking. Our goal was to find a minimum number of sprouts, i.e., the most easily obtainable, and sprout parameters that should be measured for...

Questions: How do fire frequency, tree canopy cover, and their interactions influence cover of grasses, forbs and understorey woody plants in oak savannas and woodlands? Location: Minnesota, USA. Methods: We measured plant functional group cover and tree canopy cover on permanent plots within a long-term prescribed fire frequency experiment and used hierarchical linear modeling to assess plant ...