Objective
The project covers all the aspects of the chestnut wood chain, starting with improvements of sylvicultural treatments of chestnut stands, increasing knowledge of wood quality and finally improving the range of uses for chestnut wood through more efficient processing techniques.
The project is divided into three parts.
Work will identify sylvicultural techniques for chestnut stands (production of quality wood, transformation of coppice woods to high stand forest, periodicity of thinnings) to obtain better quality raw material. In addition, it will be investigated whether there is a relationship between the frequency of ring shake in chestnut forest and different sylvicultural treatments.
Studies on the physical and chemical characteristics of chestnut wood and their influence on lamination capability of this wood will be carried out. The influence of stand parameters and different treatments of wood, like preservation on glue lamability will be studied.
The natural durability of chestnut in relation to different provenances and sites will be determined. Possibilities of improving the natural durability through better preservation techniques will be investigated.
Annual growth rings will be analysed in relation to different sylvicultural treatments and subsequent processing (based on pruning work already carried out), in order to detect the phenomena of growth tensions and reaction of the wood. Criteria will be identified to predict the importance of ring shake in roundwood, and a technique using a hygroterminal treatment, will be developed to measure the importance of ring shake on round wood.
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00187 Roma
Italy
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