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Table 7 Mean values of wood properties in L. kaempferi reported by several researchers

From: Inheritance of wood properties and their radial variations in full-sib families of 36-year-old Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carr.)

Age

Country

ARW (mm)

LWP (%)

AD (g cm−3)

MOE (GPa)

MOR (MPa)

References

52

Hokkaido, Japan

3.6

-

0.40

7.64

69.5

Miyajima (1958)

53

Hokkaido, Japan

3.0

-

-

7.94

69.8

Miyajima (1985)

67

Hokkaido, Japan

-

-

0.53

8.42

83.4

Kawaguchi et al. (1987)

24

Hokkaido, Japan

3.8–6.6

-

0.47

7.94

68.8

Koizumi et al. (1987)

70

Nagano, Japan

1.67–4.13

30.7–46.1

0.50–0.58

-

-

Zhu (2002)

35

Remningstorp, Sweden

3.94

 

0.45

-

-

Karlman et al. (2005)

31

Hokkaido, Japan

-

-

0.54–0.55

8.2–9.5

93.3–97.2

Koizumi et al. (2005)

12

Quebec, Canada

-

-

0.45–0.50

-

 

Cáceres et al. (2018)

  1. ARW Annual ring width, LWP Latewood percentage, AD Air-dry density, MOE Modulus of elasticity, MOR Modulus of rupture