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Special Issue: Wood and Wood Products 1
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J. Near Infrared Spectrosc. Volume 18 Issue 6 (2010)

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Pages 0–0
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.913
Guest editorial: Seeing the wood in the trees: unleashing the secrets of wood via near infrared spectroscopy
Roger Meder,a Thanh Trunga and Laurie Schimleckc
aCSIRO Plant Industry, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia. E-mail: roger.meder@csiro.au
bFPInnovations, 3800 Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6S 2L9, Canada
cWarnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 3062, USA

Pages 355–365
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.900
Toward global calibrations for estimating the wood properties of tropical, sub-tropical and temperate pine species
Laurence R. Schimleck,a,* Gary R. Hodgeb and William Woodbridgeb
aWarnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. E-mail: lschimleck@warnell.uga.edu
bCamcore and Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA

Pages 367–380
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.902
Global near infrared models to predict lignin and cellulose content of pine wood
Gary R. Hodge and William C. Woodbridge
Camcore, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, NC State University, 3221 Jordan Hall II, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA. E-mail: grh@gw.ncsu.edu or wcwoodbr@gw.ncsu.edu

Pages 381–387
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.910
A multi-site, multi-species near infrared calibration for the prediction of cellulose content in eucalypt woodmeal
Geoff Downes,a,b,* Roger Medera,c and Chris Harwooda,b
aCRC Forestry, Private Bag 12, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001 Australia. E-mail: Geoff.Downes@csiro.au
bCSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Private Bag 12, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
cCSIRO Plant Industry, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia

Pages 389–396
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.904
Utilisation of near infrared spectroscopy in Pinus taeda progeny tests located in southern Brazil
Laurence R. Schimleck,a,* Antonio R. Higab and Jorge L.M. Matosb
aWarnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. E-mail: lschimleck@warnell.uga.edu
bDepartment of Forest Sciences, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Pages 397–402
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.908
The accuracy of near infrared prediction of hemicellulose content arising from varying introduced errors
Sheng Yao, Mian Xing, Shuke Zhou, Guofeng Wu, Yifei Jiang and Junwen Pu*
College of Material Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, 100083. E-mail: pujunwen@126.com

Pages 403–416
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.901
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Polysaccharide degradation and lignin modification during brown rot of spruce wood: a polarised Fourier transform near infrared study
Karin Facklera,* and Manfred Schwanningerb
aInstitute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria. E-mail: k.fackler@tuwien.ac.at
bDepartment of Chemistry, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Pages 417–423
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.889
Chemical and calorific characterisation of longleaf pine using near infrared spectroscopy
Chi-Leung Soa,* and Thomas L. Eberhardtb
aSchool of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. E-mail: cso@fs.fed.us
bUSDA-Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Pineville, Louisiana, USA

Pages 425–433
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.906
Moisture measurement in timber utilising a multi-layer partial least squares calibration approach
John Dahlbacka* and Tom Lillhonga
Novia University of Applied Sciences, PO Box 6, FIN 65201 Vasa, Finland. E-mail: John.Dahlbacka@novia.fi

Pages 435–442
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.888
Classification of pernambuco (Caesalpinia echinata Lam.) wood quality by near infrared spectroscopy and linear discriminant analysis
Monica Casale,a Laurence R. Schimleckb,c,* and Charles Espeyd
aDepartment of Drug and Food Chemistry and Technology, University of Genova, Genova 16147, Italy
bWarnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
cWood Quality Consortium, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. E-mail: lschimleck@warnell.uga.edu
dCharles Espey Ltd, 2800 Washington St, Port Townsend, WA 98368, USA

Pages 443–454
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.907
Resonance and near infrared spectroscopy for evaluating dynamic wood properties
Paulo Ricardo Gherardi Hein,a Loïc Brancheriau,a Paulo Fernando Trugilho,b José Tarcísio Limab and Gilles Chaixc
aCIRAD, UPR Tropical Woods, 73 rue Jean-François Breton TA B40/16, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. E-mail: phein1980@gmail.com
bUniversidade Federal de Lavras–UFLA–CTM/DCF, 37200-000 Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
cCIRAD, UPR Forest Genetics, 73 rue Jean-François Breton TA B40/16, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

Pages 455–464
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.905
Predicting microfibril angle in Eucalyptus wood from different wood faces and surface qualities using near infrared spectra
Paulo R.G. Hein,a,* Bruno Clair,b Loïc Brancheriaua and Gilles Chaixc
aCIRAD–PERSYST Department–Production and Processing of Tropical Woods, 73 rue Jean-François Breton TA B-40/16, 34398 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France. E-mail: phein1980@gmail.com
bLaboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil, CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, cc 048, 34095 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
cCIRAD–BIOS Department–Genetic Diversity and Breeding of Forest Species, 73 rue Jean-François Breton TA B-40/16, 34398 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France

Pages 465–472
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.899
A portable method to estimate wood basic density from increment cores using spectroscopic techniques
Cristóbal Galleguillos-Hart,a M. Paulina Fernándezb and Andrés Guesalagaa
aDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago 7820436, Chile. E-mail: aguesala@ing.puc.cl
bDepartment of Forest Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago 7820436, Chile

Pages 473–479
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.887
Identification of dead and sound knots by near infrared spectroscopy
Takaaki Fujimoto*,a and Satoru Tsuchikawab
aHokkaido Research Organization, Forest Products Research Institute, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 071-0198, Japan. E-mail: fujimoto-takaaki@hro.or.jp
bGraduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan

Pages 481–489
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.911
Near infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics for predicting specific gravity and flexural modulus of elasticity of Pinus spp. Veneers
Mayara Elita Carneiro,a Washington Luiz Esteves Magalhães,b,* Graciela I.B. de Muñiza and Laurence R. Schimleckc
aUniversity of Parana, Federal Av. Pref. Lothário Meissner, 900 Jardim Botânico, CEP 80210-170 Curitiba, PR Brazil
bEmbrapa Forestry Estrada da Ribeira, km 11, CP 319, CEP 83411-000 Colombo, PR Brazil. E-mail: wmagalha@cnpf.embrapa.br
cWarnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2152, USA

Pages 491–498
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.893
Prediction of oriented strand board wood strand density by near infrared and Fourier transform infrared reflectance spectroscopy
Brian K. Via
Wood Composite Laboratory, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, 3301 Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Building, Auburn, AL 36849-5418, USA. E-mail: bkv0003@auburn.edu

Pages 499–505
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.903
Spatially-resolved radial scanning of tree increment cores for near infrared prediction of microfibril angle and chemical composition
Roger Meder,a David Marston,b,* Nicholas Ebdonc and Rob Evansc
aCSIRO Plant Industry, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD 4067, Australia. E-mail: roger.meder@csiro.au
bBiolab Ltd, Unit A-5, 5 Bouverie St, Lower Hutt 5012, New Zealand
cCSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Bayview Ave, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia

Pages 507–515
doi: 10.1255/jnirs.909
Near infrared hyperspectral imaging applied to mapping chemical composition in wood samples
Armin Thumm,a Marc Riddell,a Bernadette Nanayakkara,a Jonathan Harringtona and Roger Mederb
aScion, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3010, New Zealand. E-mail: armin.thumm@scionresearch.com
bCSIRO Plant Industry, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia 4067, Australia

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