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  1. NIRS Identification of Swietenia Macrophylla is Robust Across Specimens from 27 Countries

    Big-leaf mahogany is the world’s most valuable widely traded tropical timber species and Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) has been applied as a tool for discriminating its wood from similar species using multivariate analysis. In this study four look-alike timbers of Swietenia macrophylla (mahogany or big-leaf mahogany), Carapa...

    Author(s):
    Maria C.J. Bergo; Tereza C.M. Pastore; Vera T.R. Coradin; Alex C. Wiedenhoeft; Jez W.B. Braga
    Year:
    2016
    Keywords:
    Near infrared spectroscopy, Carapa guianensis, Cedrela odorata, Micropholis melinoniana, Swietenia macrophylla, provenance
    Source:
    IAWA Journal 37(3), 2016: 420-430

  2. In vitro propagation of tropical hardwood tree species — A review (2001-2011)

    Tropical hardwood tree species are important economically and ecologically, and play a significant role in the biodiversity of plant and animal species within an ecosystem. There are over 600 species of tropical timbers in the world, many of which are commercially valuable in the international trade of plywood, roundwood, sawnwood, and veneer. Many of these tree...

    Author(s):
    Paula M. Pijut; Rochelle R. Beasley; Shaneka S. Lawson; Kaitlin J. Palla; Micah E. Stevens; Ying Wang
    Year:
    2012
    Keywords:
    adventitious shoot regeneration, cryopreservation, micrografting, nodal culture, organogenesis, regeneration, shoot tip culture, somatic embryogenesis, transformation
    Source:
    Propagation of Ornamental Plants. 12(1): 25-51.
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