• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2010

Since SRC (Short-term Rotation Coppice) such as poplar and willow can be harvested in three years, they are known to be a potential forest biomass as fuel for a power plant. The production system including transplanting and harvesting is, however, necessary to be mechanized because such a biomass should be handled in a massive volumetric size. A pull-type stem-cutting transplanter was developed in the research as the first step to realize the production of SRC. A needle-like transplanting device pushes a stem-cutting into the prepared soil bed by a pneumatic cylinder, and another device firms soil around a stem-cutting transplanted. Since this is an intermittent operation, it was necessary to develop a zero horizontal velocity mechanism which enabled only the transplanting needle part to continue a zero horizontal movement relative to the ground during the transplanting operation even when the tractor kept moving forward. The 2-row transplanter can transplant stem-cuttings at the rate of 6.5 seconds per row without missing a single attempt. The planting depth and distance were well maintained and controlled. Their CVs were between 2.1~3.4% and 0.87~1.7% for the depth and the distance, respectively. Although, the transplanted stem-cuttings tended to lean outward from the back-view and forward from the side view, they were planted within the range of $3^{\circ}$ from the upright position.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제98권5호
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• pp.513-523
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• 2009

Many species, cultivars, and hybrids in Populus have been introduced and developed by the scientists of Department of Forest Genetic Resources, Korea Forest Research Institute in Korea. P. alba ${\times}$ glandulosa, P. euramericana, P. nigra ${\times}$ maximowiczii, P. koreana ${\times}$ P. nigra var. italica, and P. davidiana have been studied from many aspects, i.e., genetics, breeding, physiology, propagation, silviculture, biomass production, biotechnology and phytoremediation. These precedent results will provide a sound basis for a newly-arising research on short-rotation coppice as one of renewable resources and phytoremediation plants. It was found that there were many promising varieties and clones for these purposes. However, minute analysis on specific gravity and caloric values for those plants should be followed under several silvicultural and rotational systems.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제106권2호
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• pp.186-195
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• 2017

본 연구에서 일반 토양에 비해 무기양분 함량이 적고 배수성이 좋지 않은 새만금간척지 토양에 식재 된 포플러 수종의 생리적 특성을 조사하였다. 7월과 8월에, 이태리포플러 클론인 Venziano, L.Avanzo와 미루나무 교잡종 클론인 97-18, 97-19은 생리적인 특성의 차이를 보였다. 이태리포플러 클론이 미루나무 교잡종 클론에 비해 생리적 특성이 우수하였다. 특히 Venziano 클론의 순광합성률은 각각 평균적으로 $18.62{\mu}mol\;CO_2\;m^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}$, $17.11{\mu}mol\;CO_2\;m^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}$로 다른 클론들과 비교해서 높은 수치를 보였다. 반면, 미루나무 교잡종인 97-18클론의 7월 광색소 함량은 $2.37mg{\cdot}g^{-1}FW$으로 가장 높은 수치를 보였으나, 8월에는 이태리포플러 클론보다 낮은 함량을 보였다. 미루나무 교잡종은 8월에 순광합성률, 광색소함량 등 전반적인 생리적 활성이 떨어졌다. 결론적으로, 새만금간척지에 식재된 포플러 묘목의 생리적인 특성은 이태리포플러 종인 Venziano 클론이 우수하였다.