• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.406-419
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• 2011

This study was carried out to offer basic information on the wood anatomy of domestic yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L.), a new plantation species selected by Korea Forest Service as one of the promising hardwood and bioenergy sources of the future, through comparison of stem wood with root wood in the qualitative and quantitative features. In the qualitative anatomical features, growth rings were distinct in stem wood but relatively less distinct in root wood. And stem wood appeared to have pores in radial multiples of 2 to 5, sometimes clusters but root wood to have pores in radial multiples of 2 to 3, rarely clusters. And numbers of bars in scalariform perforation plates were somewhat numerous in vessel elements of root wood than in those of stem wood. Interestingly, on the other hand, more extraneous materials in the wood rays of tap root than in those of lateral root and stem were confirmed in the chemical composition analyses. In the quantitative anatomical features, pore densities were significantly greater but vessel elements were considerably narrower in stem wood than in root wood. Vessel elements and wood fibers of root wood were considerably longer than those of stem wood. Rays were somewhat more numerous in stem wood than in root wood, and only ray heights of stem wood were more or less greater in cell numbers but both ray heights and widths of stem wood were lower in dimension than those of root wood. The anatomical differences between stem wood and root wood were thought to be associated with different growth environments between the stem above ground and the root below ground.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.138-146
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• 2014

Stem and root of Lindera erythrocarpa were described and compared in the wood anatomical aspects. Root wood appeared to differ from stem wood in the qualitative features of growth ring boundary, extraneous materials in vessel element and ray parenchyma cell, outline of ray, and sheath cell. In the quantitative features, there were differences between these two tissues in vessels per square millimeter, tangential diameter of vessel lumina, length of vessel element, and width of ray. These wood anatomical differences between stem above ground and root below ground were thought to be attributed to their different growth environments.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.71-73
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• 2008

Different biosolid fuel (wood pellet) properties between trunk and root of pine (Pinus densiflora) biomass were investigated. Trunk has more organic solvent extracts and Klason lignin content which has higher heating values than root biomass component. In root biomass, polysaccharides content was higher than trunk biomass. Based on Higher Heating Value (HHD) analysis and ash content, trunk biomass showed better solid fuel characteristics than root biomass. But pine root biomass had lower HHD than trunk biomass, its HHD values were higher than other hardwood or annual plant lignocellulosic biomass.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.157-165
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• 2016

This study investigated several anatomical characteristics of Paulownia tomentosa roots. The root wood was separated into three parts from stem base (top, middle, and base) at different positions below ground. Qualitative anatomical data suggested that the growth rings in earlywood and latewood were structurally different. Furthermore, the root wood vessels were found having 2 to 3 radial multiples and they were appeared in the form of clusters. In addition, some sheath cells and septate axial parenchyma were observed. Regarding the quantitative anatomical characteristics, vessel and ray numbers per $mm^2$, as well as ray width and height differed significantly among the top, middle, and base rood wood parts. However, there were no significant differences in vessel diameters, cell wall thickness, and width and length of wood fibers among those parts. The crystallinity of the root top part was slightly higher than that of the middle and base parts. Furthermore, the vessel numbers, ray numbers, and ray width and height in the near pith (NP) area were higher compared to those in the near bark (NB) area. However, the fiber width and fiber length at NP were lower than those at NB. Overall, this study demonstrated some significant differences in the anatomical characteristics of the top, middle, and base parts of root wood from Paulownia tomentosa.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.384-393
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• 2021

Recently, due to environmental and toxicity issues, there has been increasing attention on research regarding natural products that can reduce the use of chemical fertilizers. Wood extracts derived from the biorefining process contain various fertilizer ingredients. HPLC analysis revealed that wood extract contains approximately 5.2% hemicellulosic sugar. The growth of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) upon treatment with wood extract (extract obtained from steam-exploded pine) or water-soluble fertilizers containing different nutrients was analyzed in this study. After two weeks, the growth characteristics of lettuce as affected by wood extract or water-soluble fertilizers were significantly different. The effect of water-soluble fertilizers containing ascorbic acid, magnesium sulfate, citric acid, potassium nitrate, amino acids, or seaweed extract was less desirable than that of wood extracts regarding plant height (18.6 cm), number of leaves (10), leaf length (14.1 cm), shoot fresh wight (9.8 g/plant), root fresh weight (0.8 g/plant) and shoot dry weight (0.6 g/plant). The plant height, number of leaves, leaf length, shoot fresh wight, root fresh weight, shoot dry weight of water-soluble fertilizers containing wood extract were significantly different compared to the control (plant height :13.5 cm, number of leaves : 7, leaf length : 9.4 cm, shoot fresh wight : 5.3 g/plant, root fresh weight : 0.7 g/plant, shoot dry weight : 0.4 g/plant, root dry weight : 0.07 g/plant). From these results, it was concluded that wood extract can be used as a potential water-soluble fertilizer to increase the yield of leafy vegetables.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.185-196
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• 1986

Anatomical characteristics of the secondary xylem in the roots and the stems of genus Pinus including nine species growing naturally in Korea have been studied to elucidate the structural differences between two organs. The results, comparing the root woods with the stem woods, are as follows; The transition from the early-wood to the late-wood occurs more gradually in the root woods. In the root woods, the bordered pits on the radial wall of tracheid are frequent in the two rows. The spiral thickening on the radial and tangential wall of the tracheid can be seen in the only stem woods of four species such as P. koraiensis, P. rigida, P. rigitaeda and P. banksiana. In the majority of the species studied, the length of the tracheid is longer in the root woods, but in some species such as P. strobus, P. densiflora, P. rigida and P. sylvestris, this length is almost sam ein both organs. The diameter of the tracheid in the root woods is wider. The wall thickness of the tracheid in the early wood is thicker in the root woods, but vice versa in the late woods. More rays per unit area can be seen in the root woods.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.103-113
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• 2003

유기ㆍ자연농업 등 환경친화적 농업을 수행하는 농가에서 많이 사용하고 있는 목초액의 화학성과 작물생육에 대한 반응을 검토하여 유기ㆍ자연농업자재의 효율적인 이용방안에 대한 기초자료를 얻고자 본 연구를 수행하였다. 목초액의 화학성을 조사한 결과 비료적 가치는 크지 않았다. 특히 농가에서는 일반적으로 사용되는 500∼1000배 목초액은 별도의 비료자원을 사용하지 않고 전적으로 목초액에 의존할 경우 정상적인 작물생육에 요구되는 양분을 충족시키기는 근본적으로 어려울 것으로 사료된다. 목초액 농도를 달리한 조건에서 토마토 유묘의 생육 및 양분 흡수형태를 조사한 결과 500배 희석까지 목초액처리 농도가 높을수록 뿌리 생육량은 증가하였으나 지상부 생육은 억제되었다. 또한, 뿌리와 경엽 중의 양분흡수는 음이온인 질산태 질소와 인산 흡수량이 현저히 감소하는 반면에 양이온인 K, Ca, Mg, Na의 흡수량은 증가하였다. P-coumaric acid, chlorogenic acid, ferulic acid 및 acetic acid를 농도를 달리하여 처리하고 토마토 유묘를 재배한 결과 뿌리의 생육은 chlorogenic acid 또는 ferulic acid 처리로 증가되었고, ferulic acid의 경우 저농도인 10-4M에서는 지상부 및 지하부의 생육이 모두 양호하였다. 따라서 목초액을 시용할 때 도장이 억제되고 건전한 작물생육이 유지된다고 주장하는 것은 목초액 시용에 따른 작물의 지하부 생육향상에 기인한 것으로 판단되었다. 페놀물질간의 상승작용 및 길항작용에 따라 작물생육에 대한 효과는 다를 수 있으므로 다양한 종류의 페놀물질이 포함된 목초액을 작물재배에 사용할 경우 효과발현 정도는 상이할 것으로 사료된다. 한편, 목초액은 사용방법 측면에서 경엽처리 보다는 토양관주 방법으로 영농에 이용하면 작물의 근활력 증진 및 작물생육을 조절할 수 있는 대체농자재로서 활용이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.217-222
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• 1995

Experiments were conducted to study the effect of IBA, mineral stone and stem hardness on rooting characteristics in mature Aloe vera plant. The rooting ability in matured Aloe vera was of highly significance when the amount of IBA treatment was increased to 5.000mg/l. The treatment of IBA 5.000mg/l, together with mineral stone(v/w 1.5 times), gave more root number, the length and the dry weight of root were, also, higher in semihard wood cutting than soft wood cutting in matured Aloe vera.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.890-896
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• 2016

Paulownia tomentosa is one of fast-growing wood species in Korea. In order to evaluate the solid bioenergy properties of Paulownia tree, this study examined the heating value, moisture content (MC), pH and proximate analysis of stem, branch, root, bark and leaf. The heating values of wood parts were slightly higher than those of bark and leaf, and that of branch was the highest among all the samples. The higher moisture content of bark and leaf referred to their lower heating value. Also, the pH of stem, branch and root was similar and lower than those of bark and leaf. The ash content of bark and leaf was much higher than that of wood parts, which is the one of the reasons for effect on the lower heating value and higher pH. While, the volatile matter content (VMC) of bark and leaf was lower than those of wood parts. The bark showed the highest fixed carbon content (FCC), while the FCC of stem was the lowest among all the samples. The obtained results are encouraging that the Paulownia tree could be totally utilized as alternative fuels for bioenergy production.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.26-31
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• 1982

현사시는 강력(强力)한 근맹아(根萌芽) 발생능력(發生能力)을 가지고 있는 수종(樹種)이므로 소밀도(疎密度)와 근맹아(根萌芽)와의 관계(關係)를 구명(究明)하고 그 외(外) 관련인자(關蓮因子)에 대하여 조사(調査)하였다. 또한 연료림(燃料林)과 사방지용(砂防地用) 지피조성(地被造成) 수종(樹種)으로서의 이용(利用) 가능성(可能性)을 검토(檢討)하였다.