Heavy metals have been viewed as hazardous environmental pollutants, and anthropogenic activities due to their high toxicity and persistent nature in the environment. Anthropogenic activities such as artisanal mining,...
Garcinia kola Heckel, called “petit cola” in Côte d’Ivoire and “bitter kola” in Nigeria, is a Non-Timber Forest Product of great socioeconomic importance. Un...
Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and furfural are promising chemicals for the creation of a bio-based economy. The development of an inexpensive catalytic system for converting cellulosic biomass into these chemicals is an...
supported by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad, Pakistan through a Project grant (20-1155/ R&D/08) awarded to FA
The present study highlights an efficient plant regeneration system in teak(Tectona grandis L.) using forced softwood shoots as an initial plant material. Forced softwood shoots of teak were cut to prepare shoot tip, ...
supported by the Giunta Regionale delVeneto-Servizi Forestali Regionali di Verona andby the Regione Calabria-Ministero dell'Istruzione,dell'Universitàe della Ricerca
Gap cutting consists of the removal of all trees growing on a small surface, varying in size from 200 to 600 m2. In Italy, gap cutting has been successfully tested for introducing the natural regeneration of native sp...
Softwood shoots were produced from 40 cm long stem segments placed horizontally in flat trays containing sterilized sand under natural light or shade conditions for subsequent rooting and micropropagation studies in t...
supported by the Key Projects of the National Forestry Bureau (No. 2006-56).
The application of digital image analysis to calculate the parameters of softwood cells and to understand their microstructure is of importance in the area of basic micro-wood research such as wood anatomy. In order t...
The purpose of this study was to compare plate and conical refiner fillings in refining of softwood and hardwood pulp fibers. Contrary to expectations, better tensile strength values were achieved when BSW was refined...
In kiln drying of softwood timber, external heat and moisture mass transfercoefficients are important in defining boundary temperature and moisture content at the woodsurface. In addition, superheated steam drying of ...