• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.490-498
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• 2022

The current study aimed to verify the image segmentation ability of rays in tangential thin sections of conifers using artificial intelligence technology. The applied model was Mask region-based convolutional neural network (Mask R-CNN) and softwoods (viz. Picea jezoensis, Larix gmelinii, Abies nephrolepis, Abies koreana, Ginkgo biloba, Taxus cuspidata, Cryptomeria japonica, Cedrus deodara, Pinus koraiensis) were selected for the study. To take digital pictures, thin sections of thickness 10-15 ㎛ were cut using a microtome, and then stained using a 1:1 mixture of 0.5% astra blue and 1% safranin. In the digital images, rays were selected as detection objects, and Computer Vision Annotation Tool was used to annotate the rays in the training images taken from the tangential sections of the woods. The performance of the Mask R-CNN applied to select rays was as high as 0.837 mean average precision and saving the time more than half of that required for Ground Truth. During the image analysis process, however, division of the rays into two or more rays occurred. This caused some errors in the measurement of the ray height. To improve the image processing algorithms, further work on combining the fragments of a ray into one ray segment, and increasing the precision of the boundary between rays and the neighboring tissues is required.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.26-36
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• 1994

The comparative wood anatomy of 1 species belonging to genus Myrica of Myricaceae, 9 species to genus Populus and 8 species to genus Salix of Salcaceae, occurring in Korea, was described and coded according to IAWA list(Wheeler, 1989). Myrica rubra. of Myricaceae is a typical diffuse-porous wood with numerous vessels per $mm^2$ and its pores are mainly angular in outline. Vessels scalariform perforation plates with a few bars, very small inter vessel pits; axial parenchyma abundant, diffuse or diffuse-in-aggregates which is distinct and easily observed on cross section; rays 1-3 seriate, Kribs' heterogeneous I or II types, frequently contains rhomboidal crystals; Dark pigmented substances included in some rays and axial parenchyma. Salicaceae, a typical diffuse porous wood, has mainly radial pore multiple, large intervessel pits, distinct alternate pits, simple perforation plates, ray-vessel pits with circular large pits, uniseriate rays, marginal parenchyma composed of 1-2 layers. In some species, ray parenchyma contain crystals. Populus and Salix wood can be distinguished from one another by the following characters. Pores of Populus woods almost angular in outline. Uniseriate homogeneous rays slightly higher than Salix and long linear on tangential section. Whereas Salix woods appear the pores almost oval, uniseriate heterogeneous rays, which are smular narrow fusiform on tangential section and lower in height than Populus.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.82-87
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• 1995

Anatomical characteristics of genus Platycarya, Juglans and Pterocarya of Juglandaceae occurring in Korea were described and coded based on the IAWA list. Juglandaceae are ring-porous or semi-ring-porous. Vessels have simple perforation plates and helical thickenings in some genus. Axial parenchyma cells were abundant, most apotracheal but rarely paratracheal and rays with 1-5 seriate. Platycarya is ring-porous wood with 2-3 rows of vessels in the pore zone. Helical thickenings were found only in small vessel of latewood. Axial parenchyma were commonly diffuse-in-aggregates or vasicentric. Rays 3-5 seriate. belonging to Kribs' heterogeneous II or III type with frequent occurrence of rhomboidal crystals. Juglans are semi ring-porous with few vessels in $mm^2$ and pores are commonly solitary. Axial parenchyma were diffuse-in-aggregate or marginal. Rays were mostly homocellular and 3-5 seriates. Pterocarya is similar to Juglans in anatomical features but the reticulate parenchyma consisting of 1 layer on transverse section and biseriate rays.

• Plant Resources
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.121-125
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• 1998

Wood and bark structure of Laurus, which is considered as an important spice resources was characterized by several transitional and advanced features. Annual rings are distinct: vessel elements are moderately short and narrow, both simple and sealariform perforation plates. alternate intervascular pitting; irregularly septate fiber are present; parenchyma strands are scanty paratracheal: rays are both homogeneous and heterogeneous with multiseriate: phloem rays are dilated. Comparisons with other genera of Lauraceae suggest that Laurus is transitional and advanced state in evolutionary trends in the family.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.15-19
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• 1999

Three wood coffins of Chosun Dynasty period buried about 450 years ago were excavated in the sound condition in Andong area in the early 1998. The proprietors of wood coffins were grandparents, Mr. Myoung Jong Lee and Mrs. Mun, and their grandson, Mr. Eung Tae Lee, and the social standing of their family was known to belong to the nobility in those days by the clan genealogy. All the wood coffins investigated through light microscopy had same anatomical characteristics as follows: abrupt to somewhat abrupt tracheid transition from earlywood to latewood; normal longitudinal and horizontal resin canals with thin-walled epithelium; tylosoids in resin canals; bordered pits frequently in 1 row on radial walls of tracheids; 1 or 2 window-like pits per cross-field; uniseriate and fusiform rays; heterogeneous rays composed of body ray parenchyma cells and marginal ray tracheids or homgeneous rays composed of only ray tracheids; dentate ray tracheids; occasional trabeculae traversing tracheids in radial direction. Based on theses microscopic characteristics, all the wood coffins were identified to be Korean red pine (Pinus densiflora) or Korean black pine (Pinus thunbergii). Korean black pine growing naturally in coastal area might not be probable because the site of excavation, Andong area, was mountainous and inland area of Korea Thus, Korean red pine was thought to be the possible species for the wood coffins because of its natural distribution through the Korean Peninsula and the easy availability.

• 한국가구학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.100-105
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• 2007

In this report, we describe the anatomical features of Gmelina arborea Roxb. belong to the genera of Verbenaceae native to Bangladesh and safranine penetration depth in radial and longitudinal directions. The wood of this species was characterized mostly by distinct growth ring boundaries, diffuse-porous, simple perforations, alternate non-vestured intervessel pits, and relatively short vessel elements and medium fibers. Thin to thick walled septate fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits are confined to the radial walls. Tyloses are common. They are paratracheal axial parenchyma vascicnetric and confluent. Rays not higher than 1milimeter are found, and larger rays commonly 4 to 5 seriate are dominantly present, as are multi seriate rays composed of a procumbent ray with 1 row of square or upright cells. Acicular crystals are present in ray cells. Another experiment was taken under consideration to observe the liquid penetration depth in longitudinal and radial directions using safranine. It was found that safranine penetrated easily in longitudinal direction and sapwood was more permeable than heartwood.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제80권4호
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• pp.408-415
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• 1991

수간(樹幹) 둘레를 철사(鐵絲)로 결체(結締)함에 따라 인위적(人爲的)인 피해(被害)를 받으므로써 형성(形成)된 아까시나무(Robinia pseudoacacia L.) 종양재(腫瘍材)의 조직학적(組織學的) 특성(特性)을 고찰(考察)하고 아울러 정상재(正常材)와의 그 특성(特性) 차이(差異)를 구명(究明)하기 위하여 본(本) 연구(硏究)를 실시(實施)하였다. 종양재(腫瘍材)는 일부(一部) 관공(管孔) 및 대부분(大部分)의 목섬유(木纖維)와 방사조직(放射組織)이 정상배열(正常配列)에서 이탈(離脫)된 불규칙적(不規則的)인 배열(配列)을 이루고 있는 점, 횡단면상(橫斷面上)의 관공(管孔)이 다소 방사방향(放射方向)으로 신당(伸張)되어 있는 점, 선단(先端)이 굴곡(屈曲)된 목섬유(木纖維)가 방사단면상(放射斷面上)의 방사조직(放射組織) 사이에서 가끔 관찰(觀察)되는 점, 방사조직(放射組織)의 폭(幅)과 높이가 더 큰 점, 방사단면상(放射斷面上)의 목섬유(木纖維)가 서로 교착배열(交錯配列)을 이루고 있는 점, 추재부(秋材部)의 복합관공(複合管孔) 출현(出現) 빈도(頻度)가 더 큰 점, 젤라틴목섬유(木纖維)의 발달(發達)이 더 일반적(一般的)인 점 및 농색(濃色)의 검(gum)상물질(狀物質)이 국부적(局部的)으로 목섬유(木纖維), 방사조직(放射組織), 축방향유세포(軸方向柔細胞)의 내강(內腔)에 발달(發達)되어 있는 점에 있어서 정상재(正常材)와의 조직(組織) 특성(特性) 차이(差異)를 나타내었다.

• 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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• 제42권1호
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• pp.78-87
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• 2014

울진산 금강송재의 재질발현 수령의 판단기준에 대해 검토하기 위해, 소나무(Pinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc.)와 울진금강송(Pinus densiflora forma erecta Uyeki) 대표목의 물리적 성질을 조사한 결과, 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 울진금강송의 기건밀도는 소나무재보다 약 20% 이상 높았다. 또한 심재율은 70% 이상이었다. 단위면적($1mm^2$)당 수직수지구의 분포수는 0.3개로서 울진금강송이 소나무보다 약 40% 높았다. 수직수지구의 평균 직경은 소나무 $67.8{\mu}m$, 울진금강송 $67.3{\sim}69.9{\mu}m$로서 수종 간 큰 차이는 없었으며, 연륜수가 증가함에 따라 직경도 함께 증가하는 경향이 나타났다. 수평수지구의 분포수는 울진금강송-1이 소나무와 울진금강송-2 보다 약 55% 높은 값을 나타내었다. 소나무와 울진금강송-2의 수지구 분포수는 연륜이 증가함에 따라 감소하였으나, 울진금강송-1은 연륜 증가와 함께 증가하는 상반된 결과를 나타내었다. 방사조직 분포수는 수종 간의 뚜렷한 차이가 나타나지 않았으며, 동일 수종 내 조재와 만재 사이에서도 차이가 없었다. 연륜이 증가함에 따라 소나무와 울진금강송 모두 방사조직의 분포수가 감소하였다. 방사조직의 세포고는 소나무가 비교적 높았으며, 조재와 만재 사이의 차이는 없었다. 본 연구결과, 울진금강송의 재질발현 기준 수령은 약 150년인 것으로 판단되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.243-261
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• 2024

In this study, samples were collected from various ancient wooden shipwrecks, including the Shinan shipwreck and Jindo shipwreck that used iron nails, the Yeongheungdo shipwreck carrying iron artifacts, as well as the Sibidongpado shipwreck and Wando shipwreck where degradation products were not observed, all of which were salvaged by the National Research Institute of Maritime Heritage. The aim was to analyze the characteristics of degradation products generated by iron (Fe) within the salvaged wooden shipwreck materials and establish fundamental data on degradation products in waterlogged archaeological wood. The analysis revealed that sulfur (S) is generally accumulated in wood obtained from marine environments. It was observed that the content of inorganic substances such as iron and sulfur was significantly higher in the Shinan shipwreck, Jindo shipwreck, and Yeongheungdo shipwreck compared to Sibidongpado shipwreck and Wando shipwreck, which used wooden nails. This indicates that the presence of iron affects the accumulation of degradation products and suggests that iron is a factor in the corrosion of wood. Furthermore, crystallin compounds were observed within the cell walls, and higher concentrations of iron and sulfur were found in the resin ducts, rays, and radial tissues. This suggests that during desalination and consolidation treatments, warm water or polyethylene glycol (PEG) may move degradation factors into resincanals, rays, radial tissues, etc.