Ref ID: 10816
Ref Type: Journal
Authors: Barry, K. M., Irianto, R., Santoso, E., and Tujaman, M.
Pub Date: 2004
Journal Name: Forest Ecology and Management
Volume: 190
Issue:
Start Page: 273
End Page: 280
ISBN/ISSN:
Keywords: Acacia/Acacia mangium/asia/climate/combination/decay/decay fungi/defect/East/fungi/harvest/heartrot/Indonesia/location/management/method/plantation/potential/product/pruning/region/scale/show/site/sites/stem/survey/tree/trend/West/wood decay fungi/plantation management/forest/ecology/volume
Abstract: The potential to use plantation-grown Acacia mangium for solid-timber products is limited by heartrot, caused by decay fungi. A rapid method of surveying logs stacked in the plantation following harvest was developed which is an alternative to time-consuming whole tree destructive assessments. Logs were randomly chosen from the stacks using a transect method, the cut-ends of the logs were assessed (2,199 logs in total) and heartrot severity was scored on a 1-4 scale. Surveys of harvest-age A. mangium were completed in five Indonesian locations to assess heartrot incidence and severity. The incidence of heartrot in the main stem was significantly different between some regions, ranging from 6.7% in East Kalimantan up to 46.7% in West Java. The proportion of each defect type (1-4) did not show a consistent trend across the sites. A combination of differences between plantation management (e.g. pruning), age and climate in these five regions explain the differences in heartrot incidence and severity.
The full-text link provided is a pre-publication version of an article published in Forest Ecology and Management in the volume stated in this citation. The publisher of Forest Ecology and Management is Elsevier ( http://www.elsevier.com )
Notes: Entered by Karen Barry (13/05/2004)
Reprint: Not in File
Program: SPF Resource Protection
Project: C5
Deliverable: C5-3
Confidentiality: Public
Availability: Authors
Report: Annual Report 2003/4
Type: Article
Misc 2: Published