THE FIBER MORPHOLOGY VARIATION OF TRIPLOID CLONE OF POPULUS TOMENTOSA CARR.AND ITS SUPPOSED HARVESTING AGE FOR THE PAPER INDUSTRY

摘要

The fiber morphology variation of triploid clone of Populus tomentosa Carr. and the supposed harvesting age for the paper industry were investigated in this paper. The results shows that in the first few years,2-4 years for example, the fiber length at breast high grows faster than it does in the later years. But the standard deviation of distribution in fiber length at breast high in mature wood is larger than in the young tree. The technologically harvestable age of triploid clone of Populus tomentosa Carr., BL304could be 4-7 year old to meet the requirement for paper industry. The distribution of fiber length become concentrated within an annual ring as the tree grows. The test results also show that the cloned poplar has a small Runkel ratio value (less than 0.4,generally about 0.3), and this ratio increases slightly with the tree grows.