Publications
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2004
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Live Semb Vestgarden Petter Nilsen Gunnar AbrahamsenAbstract
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Per Otto Flæte Erlend Ystrøm HaartveitAbstract
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Ole K. Hansen Ulrik Bräuner Nielsen Øyvind Meland Edvardsen Brynjar Skulason Jan-Ole SkageAbstract
In three Nordic field trials, 26 provenances of Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. and Abies lasiocarpa var. arizonica (Merriam) Lemmon were evaluated 3 yrs after establishment. The focus was on 16 traits important for adaptation, establishment and production of Christmas trees.For all three sites in Denmark, Norway and Iceland, survival ranged from 89 to 96%. Provenances showed statistically significant differences for all but two traits. For all traits there was significant interaction between provenance and site. Analysis of ecovalens showed that for most traits, only a limited number of provenances contributed substantially to the interaction. Therefore, a large proportion of the provenances showed a fairly consistent ranking across sites.The frequency of potential Christmas trees in the provenances ranged from 10 to 49%. Southern provenances from New Mexico and Arizona seemed to have the best potential for producing high-quality Christmas trees. The southern provenances added substantially to the interaction between provenance and site for budset, lammas growth and colour. When using multivariate statistical methods on all measured traits, the provenance clusters fitted neatly into six distinct geographical regions.
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Joanna Malony Sandnes Leiv M. Mortensen Vishwanath Patil Dag Wenner Tom Ringstad Idun Bratberg Alf Reidar Selmer-Olsen Hans Ragnar GislerødAbstract
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Ingerd Skow Hofgaard Birgitte Henriksen Åshild Ergon Helge Skinnes Hilde Kolstad Yalew Tarkegne Anne-Marte TronsmoAbstract
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Morten Eikenes Per Otto Flæte Erlend Ystrøm Haartveit Stig LandeAbstract
Wood modification based on furfuryl alcohol improves several important wood properties, such as the resistance to fungal decay and insect attack, hardness, dimensional stability, bending strength and stiffness. The improvements of wood properties depend on the weight percent gain (WPG) due to furfurylation.Fourier transform near infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy was used to calibrate PLS-regression models for prediction of WPG due to furfurylation in birch wood. Spectra were obtained in cross-sections of solid wood. A PLS-regression model based on wood samples with WPG ranging from 16.7 to 35.1%, performed well when validated on a separate test set.The coefficient of determination between laboratory measured WPG and predicted WPG was high (R2 = 0.87). The prediction error given by the root mean square error of prediction was low (RMSEP = 1.23). The results showed that the technique should be considered a prospective tool for quality assessment of furfurylated wood.