2003
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2003033
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Variation in the decay resistance and its relationship with other wood characteristics in old Scots pines

Abstract: -The importance of factors contributing to the natural decay resistance of Scots pine wood was studied. The decay rate of sapwood and outer and inner heartwood of 16 ca. 170-year-old Scots pines was first measured. A six-week decay test was performed with 5´15´30 mm wood blocks in dishes containing a brown-rot fungus (Coniophora puteana). The average mass loss in sapwood was 141 mg/cm 3 , in outer heartwood 57 and in inner heartwood 108. The variation between trees was largest in outer heartwood. The correspon… Show more

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“…This tendency has already been reported for European larch by Gambetta et al (2004) and for Hybrid larch by Windeisen et al (2002). Similar results were also obtained by Venäläinen et al (2003) for old Scots pines. The influence of radial position on decay resistance is likely related to the increase in heartwood extractives from pith to heartwood sapwood boundary as previously observed in old Langau and Montgenèvre trees (Gierlinger and Wimmer, 2004).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 78%
“…This tendency has already been reported for European larch by Gambetta et al (2004) and for Hybrid larch by Windeisen et al (2002). Similar results were also obtained by Venäläinen et al (2003) for old Scots pines. The influence of radial position on decay resistance is likely related to the increase in heartwood extractives from pith to heartwood sapwood boundary as previously observed in old Langau and Montgenèvre trees (Gierlinger and Wimmer, 2004).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 78%
“…A relationship between the content of an individual compound and assessment of the content of a particular group of compounds has also been found for wood in other species. For instance, a strong relationship was confirmed for pinosylvin and the content of total phenols in wood extracts of pines (Venäläinen et al, 2003;. Our results on the distribution of catechin in sapwood, reaction zone and discolored wood of beech showed that reaction zones, which have been postulated as compartmentalization tissues, contained a higher amount of catechin than the adjacent discolored wood, but lower than sound sapwood.…”
Section: Figuresupporting
confidence: 50%
“…In Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), the stilbenes pinosylvin (PS) and pinosylvin monomethylether (PSME) occur constitutively in the heartwood. These chemicals are likely involved in the considerable resistance of pine heartwood against fungal colonization, probably as a result of their dual activity as fungicides and antioxidants (Bergström et al 1999;Schultz and Nicholas 2000;Venäläinen et al 2003). Flavonoids, such as taxifolin and its glucoside, occur constitutively in Scots pine phloem tissues and have been related to reaction efficiency against the bark beetle associated fungi Ophiostoma brunneo-ciliatum and Leptographium wingfieldii (Lieutier et al 1996;Bois and Lieutier 1997).…”
Section: Constitutive Phenolicsmentioning
confidence: 99%