The molecular mechanisms of reaction wood induction.
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description: The book is an essential reference source on reaction wood for wood scientists and technologists, plant biologists, silviculturists, forest ecologists, and anyone involved in the growing of trees and the processing of wood. It brings together our current understanding of all aspects of reaction wood, and is the first book to compare and discuss both compression wood and tension wood. Trees produce reaction wood to maintain the vertical orientation of their stems and the optimum angle of each branch. They achieve this by laying down fibre cell walls in which differences in physical and chemical structure from those of normal fibres are expressed as differential stresses across the stem or branch. This process, while of obvious value for the survival of the tree, causes serious problems for the utilisation of timber. Timber derived from trees containing significant amounts of reaction wood is subject to dimensional instability on drying, causing distortion and splitting. It is also difficult to work as timber, and for the pulp and paper industry the cost of removing the increased amount of lignin in compression wood is substantial. This has both practical and economic consequences for industry. Understanding the factors controlling reaction wood formation and its effect on wood structure is therefore fundamental to our understanding of the adaptation of trees to their environment and to the sustainable use of wood.
identifier: ISBN: 978-3-642-10813-6 978-3-642-10814-3 (eBook) ISSN / 1431-8563
issued: 2026-05-05T21:28:10.344127
language: en
modified: 2026-05-05T21:28:10.344131
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keyword: anatomy
keyword: biomechanical-action
keyword: biosynthesis
keyword: book-sections
keyword: forest
keyword: infoeu-reposemanticsbookpart
keyword: morphology
keyword: reaction-wood
keyword: sdvbvlife-sciences-q-biovegetal-biology
keyword: wood
landing page: The biology of reaction wood

The molecular mechanisms of reaction wood induction.
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issued: 2026-05-05T21:28:10.350329
modified: 2026-05-05T21:28:10.324962
access URL: https://hal.science/hal-00964671

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