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NIR news
Volume 18 Issue 8, Pages 10–12 (2007)
doi: 10.1255/nirn.1053

Estimation of whole-tree wood quality traits using near infrared spectra of increment cores

Laurence R. Schimleck,^a,* Gabriel D.S.P. Rezende,^b Braz J. Demuner^b and Geoffrey M. Downes^c
aWarnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. E-mail: lschimleck@warnell.uga.edu
^bAracruz Celulose SA, Centro de Pesquisa e Tecnologia, CP 33.1011, Aracruz-ES, 29.19–000, Brazil
^cEnsis, Wood and Fibre Quality, c/o CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Private Bag 12, Hobart 7001, Tasmania

There are several hundred eucalypt species but, of those, only 30 to 40 species are of economic importance; in addition, the number of species suited to plantation establishment for pulpwood production is further limited to just a few. For these select species, tree breeders have aimed to improve growth, form and wood properties. This article discusses how near infrared spectroscopy can be used to estimate these traits.

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