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Title: Cork influenced by a specific water regime—macro and microstructure characterization: the first approach
Authors: Poeiras, Ana Patrícia
Silva, Maria Emília
Günther, Björn
Vogel, Cordula
Surový, Peter
Almeida Ribeiro, Nuno
Keywords: Cork quality
Cork Oak
macrostructure
microstructure
Issue Date: Nov-2021
Publisher: Wood Science and Technology
Citation: Poeiras A.P., Silva, M.E., Günther, B., Vogel, C., Surový, P., Almeida Ribeiro, N. (2021). Cork influenced by a specific water regime—macroand microstructure characterization: the first approach. Wood Sci Technol 55, 1653–1672. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-021-01334-1
Abstract: Cork is the most valuable non-wood product of the cork oak (Quercus suber L.). However, the cork oak sector may be at risk due to climatic and economic pressures on cork oak forests, affecting both the quantity and technological quality of prod- ucts. At some sites, irrigation may present a solution for stimulating cork growth and thereby increasing production. This study presents an initial approach to char- acterizing cork grown in a forest stand associated with a specific water regime, by comparing cork growth on two plots—irrigated and a traditional rainfed—over an initial five-year period. Samples of cork tissue were analysed and several param- eters were set: cell area, diameter, cell-wall thickness, number of cells, porosity, growth, and density. Irrigation plot samples showed on average: 25.83 ± 3.74 mm thickness, 5.17 ± 1.49 mm cork-ring width, 0.149 ± 0.041 g.cm −3 density, 13 ± 3.4% porosity coefficient in the tangential plane, 407.58 ± 268.22 μm2 cell area in the tan- gential plane and 887.80 ± 449.14 μm2 in the transverse plane, a total number of cells of 1232 ± 147 per mm2, and 1.03 ± 0.30 μm cell-wall thickness; whereas tra- ditional rainfed plot samples presented: 21.33 ± 5.48 mm thickness, 3.08 ± 1.44 mm cork-ring width, 0.167 ± 0.068 g.cm −3 density, 10 ± 3.5% porosity coefficient in the tangential plane, 304.31 ± 205.83 μm2 cell area in the tangential plane and 752.45 ± 398.94 μm 2 in the transverse plane, a total number of cells of 1481 ± 153 per mm 2, and 1.204 ± 0.327 μm cell-wall thickness. As regards irrigation, two parameters, ring width and porosity coefficient, proved to be statistically significant, in contrast to density
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/34040
Type: article
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