5.01.06 – Wood quality from intensive management

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An increasing proportion of the world’s wood supply is coming from man-made forests of various types – both temperate and tropical softwoods and hardwoods. This working party provides a forum for discussion on the resulting quality of the wood and wood products produced from managed plantations, compared to the characteristics of natural stands, and options for improvement in forest economics through the improvement of intrinsic wood quality parameters.

The main focus is on the effects of human intervention in the development and growth of commercial forests:

• Choice of species and the effect on product characteristics
• Influence of genetic manipulation of wood properties and product performance
• Silvicultural practices: economics and result of alternative options, including initial spacing, fertilization, thinning, pruning and rotation age
• Influence of wood quality on specific product options
• Advances in tools for measuring wood properties

Interaction with other IUFRO Units involved in tree breeding, wood properties modelling, and wood product development is also a strong feature of activities.

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