Wood is Good: Current Trends and Future Prospects in Wood Utilization [Hardcover]

This book is a compilation of selected papers presented in the International Conference on the theme Wood is Good: Current Trends and Future Prospects in Wood. The contents of the book deal with recent innovations, trends and challenges in wood science and are grouped in five distinct sections. They cover a wide range of topics like wood variability, processing and utilization, wood protection, wood-based composites, wood energy and the role of wood in mitigating climate change. With the ever increasing human population and growing demand for wood, this book offers valuable insights for better understanding and efficient utilization of this wonderful gift of nature. This book will be useful to researchers, professionals, and policy makers involved in forestry and wood related areas.

Section A: Wood Properties and Variability_Chapter 1. Optimizing Wood Utilization Based on Whole Tree Inherent Property Maps.- Chapter 2. Screening Corewood of Pine for Wood Properties.- Chapter 3. Imaging Spiral Grain in Pinus radiata with X-ray Microtomography.- Chapter 4. Rapid Assessment of Wood Density in Standing Trees of Acacia Mangium Willd. Using Resistograph  A Nondestructive Method.- Chapter 5. Eliminating Growth-Stresses in Eucalyptus:  A Scoping Study with E. bosistoana and E. nitens.- Chapter 6. Longitudinal Growth Strains in Melia Dubia.- Chapter 7. Immunofluorescence Localization of ?-(1-4)-D-galactan, and Xylans in Tension Wood and Normal Wood Fibres of Leucaena Leucocephala.- Chapter 8. Comparative Wood Anatomy of Four Artocarpus Species of North East India with Reference to their Identification.- Chapter 9. Wood anatomy of Some Members of Family Fagaceae from North East India.- Chapter 10. Anatomical Characterization and In vlĂ,