• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.748-755
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• 2018

Timber from fast-growing tree species is susceptible to by biodeterioration attack, particularly subterranean termites. Impregnation with methyl methacrylate (MMA) potentially increases wood resistance to subterranean termite attack. Four wood species, namely sengon (Falcataria moluccana), jabon (Anthocephalus cadamba), mangium (Acacia mangium), and pine (Pinus merkusii), were impregnated with MMA, and samples of untreated and imidacloprid-preserved wood were prepared for comparison purposes. Small stakes, sized 0.8 cm by 2 cm in cross section by 20 cm in the longitudinal direction, were inserted into the ground for 3 months, and the weight loss of each specimen was determined at the end of the test period. A factorial $4{\times}3$ completely randomized design was used for data analysis; the first factor was wood species, and the second factor was treatment. The results showed that MMA polymer loadings were 27.88%, 24.91%, 14.14%, and 17.81% for sengon, jabon, mangium, and pine, respectively, and amounts of imidacloprid retention were $7.56kg/m^3$, $5.98kg/m^3$, $5.34kg/m^3$, and $9.53kg/m^3$, respectively. According to an analysis of variance, wood species, treatment, and interaction of both factors significantly affected the weight loss of wood specimens. Mangium had the smallest weight loss, followed by pine, sengon, and jabon. MMA impregnation into the wood increased the resistance of wood samples to subterranean termite attack during in-ground testing, but the resistance level was lower than that of imidacloprid-preserved wood. Except for mangium wood, the MMA treatment did not significantly affect resistance.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.566-577
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• 2015

White Jabon (Anthocephalus cadamba Miq.) is one of the fast growing species in Indonesia and has the potential as the raw material for pulp and paper. In this research, 3, 5, and 7 years old White Jabon woods were pulped under different active alkali charge of 15%, 18%, 21%, 24%, and 27%, and its effect on delignification degree, kappa number, pulp yield, pulp viscosity, brightness, unbeaten freeness, and delignification selectivity was investigated. The results showed that tree age and active alkali concentration influenced the quality of pulp and pulping properties, except for that of unbeaten freeness. Delignification degree increased with increasing active alkali charge, and this brought about the decrease of pulp kappa number. The pulping yield tended to decrease below the Klason lignin of approximately 4%. Even though the 3 years old wood resulted in the highest brightness and highest delignification selectivity, the highest pulp viscosity was obtained with the 5 years old wood. The dominant fiber length of all wood ages was in the range of 1.2 - 2.0 mm. The 3 years old wood was considered to be the most promising raw material for kraft pulping in the view point of pulping properties, pulp quality and harvesting rotation.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.121-127
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• 2009

Acacia wood (Acacia mangium Willd.) is the most popular fast growing tree species planted in timber estate in Indonesia and is considered to be very valuable raw materials for structural composite products. The objective of the research was to evaluate the properties of OSB prepared from A. Mangium wood with or without immersing the strands to hot water at $80^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours. MDI adhesive was used in 3 levels i.e., 3%, 5%, and 7%. The moisture content of strand was 7%. The results indicated that immersing strands in hot water for 2 hours at $80^{\circ}C$ prior to manufacture OSB improved significantly the mechanical peoperties (i.e., MOR and MOE) of OSB. The higher the adhesive content resulted in the better the dimensional stabilisation (i.e., water absorption and thickness swelling) and the mechanical properties (i.e., MOR, MOE and IB) of OSB. OSB prepared from hot-water immersed strands with 5% adhesive content has met all parameters requirement on the JIS A 5908 (2003) standard.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.268-274
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• 2012

To perform quick measurements of black carbon (BC) particles deposited on foliar surfaces of forest tree species, we investigated an optical method for measuring the amount of BC extracted from foliar surfaces and collected on quartz fiber filters. The seedlings of Fagus crenata, Castanopsis sieboldii, Larix kaempferi and Cryptomeria japonica were exposed to submicron BC particles for one growing season (1 June to 7 December 2009). At the end of the growing season, the leaves or needles of the seedlings were harvested and washed with deionized water followed by washing with chloroform to extract the BC particles deposited on the foliar surfaces. The extracted BC particles were collected on a quartz fiber filter. The absorption spectrum of the filters was measured by spectrophotometer with an integrating sphere. To obtain the relationship between the absorbance of the filter and the amount of BC particles on the filter, the amount of BC particles on the filter was determined as that of elemental carbon (EC) measured by a thermal optical method. At wavelengths below 450 nm, the absorption spectrum of the filter showed absorption by biological substances, such as epicuticular wax, resulting in the low coefficient of determination ($R^2$) in the relationship between the amount of EC on the filter ($M_{EC}$, ${\mu}g\;C\;cm^{-2}$ filter area) and the absorbance of the filter. The intercept of the regression line between $M_{EC}$ and the absorbance of the filter at 580 nm ($A_{580}$) was closest to 0. There was a significant linear relationship between the $A_{580}$ and $M_{EC}$ ($R^2$=0.917, p<0.001), suggesting that the amount of BC particles collected on the filter can be predicted from the absorbance. This optical method might serve as a simple, fast and cost-effective technique for measuring the amount of BC on foliar surfaces.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2000

도시의 식재림을 자연림으로 복원하기 위한 기초로서 서울시 강남구 청담동에 위치한 청담근린공원내에서 교목층을 구성하고 있는 은수원사시나무를 벌목한 후 초기 2년간 맹아의 생장 및 맹아가 식생에 미치는 효과를 조사하였다. 벌목된 후 맹아의 발생량에서 모체의 기저면적이 넓을수록 맹아의 수와 생체량이 증가하는 것으로 나타났으며 후자가 전자보다 더욱 관계가 깊었다. 그리고 맹아의 생산량은 벌목 첫 해에 552.7g?DW/㎡, 맹아의 제거 후 익년에 8.7 g?DW/㎡이었다. 따라서 맹아의 제거는 익년의 맹아발생을 급격히 감소하는 결과를 초래하는 것으로 나타났다. 맹아를 제거하지 않은 지역에서 익년의 지상부 건중량은 657.4 g?DW/㎡에 달하여 맹아를 제거하지 않은 지역의 2년간 생산량보다 많았다. 특히 2년생 맹아의 높이는 304 cm에 달하였다. 맹아의 생장은 4월말부터 8월말까지 이었으며 매우 늦은 시기까지 잎이 남아 있었다. 비엽적은 시간이 경과함에 따라, 상층으로 갈수록 다소 감소하였으나 큰 차이가 없었다. 따라서 은수원사시나무 맹아의 생장이 빠른 것은 생육기간이 길고 하층의 잎이 생육후기까지 남아 있기 때문으로 나타났다. 은수원사시나무 맹아를 제거한 경우, 관목층의 구성종은 변화가 없었으나 초본층의 경우 종 수가 현저히 증가하였으며 관목층의 피도는 증가하였으나 초본층에서는 큰 변화가 없었다. 맹아를 제거하지 않은 경우, 관목층과 초본층의 구성종과 피도 모두 변화가 적었다. 그리고 맹아를 제거하지 않은 지역의 초본의 주요 구성종은 초장이 큰 미국자리공, 서양등골나물 및 큰기름새이었다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.118-124
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• 2018

Juglans mandshurica is a fast growing hard species, which is a tree in family of Juglandaceae and has a wide distribution in China, Korea and eastern Russia. Plant materials from J. mandshurica have extensively been used in folk medicines to prevent or cure gastric, esophageal, lung and cardiac cancer. As one chain of our searching for anticomplementary agents from natural sources, two epimeric ellagitannins, [2,3-O-4,4',5,5',6,6',-hexahydroxydiphenoyl (HHDP))-(${\alpha},{\beta}$)-D-glucose] (I) and pedunculagin (II) were purified from 70% acetone extracts of the stem barks of J. mandshurica by Thin Layer Chromatography and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography approaches. The chemical structures of the isolated compounds were characterized by MS, NMR, and a careful comparation with published literatures. The epimeric ellagitannins I and II exhibited inhibitory properties against a classical pathway of complementary system with 50 % inhibitory concentrations ($IC_{50}$) values of 65.3 and $47.7{\mu}M$, respectively, comparing with riliroside ($IC_{50}=104{\mu}M$) and rosmarinic acid ($IC_{50}=182{\mu}M$), which were used as positive controls. Thus, the work indicated both the two secondary metabolites possess excellent inhibitory activity and might be developed as potential anticomplementary chemicals.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.16-24
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• 2015

본 연구는 국내 4대강 유역에 조성된 수변녹지를 대상으로 탄소의 저장 및 연간 흡수를 계량화하고, 수변녹지의 탄소저감 효과를 증진하기 위한 조성방안을 모색하였다. 표본 선정한 40개소 연구 대상지의 녹지구조 및 식재기법은 흉고직경이 평균 $6.9{\pm}0.2cm$이고 식재밀도가 $10.4{\pm}0.8$주/$100m^2$로서, 소형 수목의 저밀 단층식재로 대표된다. 식재수목에 의한 단위면적당 탄소의 저장량과 연간 흡수량은 각각 평균 $8.2{\pm}0.5t/ha$, $1.7{\pm}0.1t/ha$/년이고, 식재밀도가 높을수록 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 토양의 유기물함량과 단위면적당 탄소저장량은 각각 $1.4{\pm}0.1%$, $26.4{\pm}1.5t/ha$이었다. 대상지의 수목과 토양은 1ha당 약 61kL의 휘발유 소비에 상당하는 탄소량을 저장하고, 수목은 해마다 1ha당 3kL의 휘발유 소비에 기인한 탄소배출량을 상쇄하는 효과를 나타냈다. 이 탄소저감은 식재 후 5년 이상~10년 미만 생장한 효과로서 식재수목의 생장과 더불어 훨씬 더 증가할 것으로 예측된다. 연구 대상지와 상이한 식재기법의 조성모델들을 선정하여 향후 30년 동안 수목생장에 따른 연간 탄소흡수량의 변화를 비교 시뮬레이션하였다. 그 결과, 경과년도별 누적 탄소흡수량은 식재규격이 더 크고 식재밀도가 더 높은 다층 군식의 생태식재모델에서 저밀 단층식재인 대상지보다 10년 및 30년 경과시 각각 약 1.9배, 1.5배 더 많았다. 수변녹지의 탄소저감 효과를 증진하기 위해서는 규격이 상대적으로 큰 수목을 혼식하는 다층 군식, 속성수를 포함하여 연간 생장률이 양호한 자생수종의 중 고밀 식재, 식재수종의 정상적 생장에 적합한 토양조건 구비 등이 요구된다. 본 연구결과는 조성 초기단계인 수변녹지 사업에서 수질보전 및 생물서식에 부가하여 탄소흡수원의 역할을 제고하기 위한 실용적 지침이 될 것으로 기대한다.