Can bark stripping cause red heartwood formation in beech stems?
Vladimír Račko (1) , Olga Mišíková (1), Pavol Hlaváč (2), Veronika Deáková (3)
iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 251-258 (2018)
doi: https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor2147-011
Published: Mar 12, 2018 - Copyright © 2018 SISEF
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Abstract
Injuries to standing trees caused by logging and the subsequent changes in biochemical composition and anatomy of affected tissues lead to wood quality loss, thus lowering the commercial value of roundwood. In this study, we investigated the influence of various factors that could help mitigate or prevent the spread of infections in the stem caused by injuries. A total of 112 beech logs (tree age: 42-143 years) from ten forest stands at three different sites in central Slovakia were examined, and the extent of discolouration and decay zones in each stem was measured, along with cambial age, stem diameter, injury width, and injury closure period. The results showed that the width of physiologically active wet sapwood and the width of the inactive dehydrated zone in the stem are important factors influencing red heartwood formation. We found no significant differences in the extent of discolouration and decay among different stands and sites. Stem diameter and injury width did significantly affect the penetration of infection through sapwood, and red heartwood formation was significantly affected by cambial age and injury width, while stand age, site slope, beech proportion in the stand and injury closure did not show any significant effect. Binary logistic models were applied to assess the probability of pathogen penetration through sapwood into the stem dehydrated zone as a function of injury width and stem diameter, as well as the probability that this could lead to red heartwood formation based on injury width and cambial age of beech stems.
Keywords
Sapwood Width, Dehydrated Zone Width, Discoloration Depth, Decay Depth, Red Heartwood Formation
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Olga Mišíková
Department of Wood Science, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G.Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen (Slovakia)
Department of Integrated Forest Protection and Landscape, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G.Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen (Slovakia)
Institute of Foreign Languages, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G.Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen (Slovakia)
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Račko V, Mišíková O, Hlaváč P, Deáková V (2018). Can bark stripping cause red heartwood formation in beech stems?. iForest 11: 251-258. - doi: 10.3832/ifor2147-011
Academic Editor
Giacomo Goli
Paper history
Received: Jun 21, 2016
Accepted: Dec 27, 2017
First online: Mar 12, 2018
Publication Date: Apr 30, 2018
Publication Time: 2.50 months
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