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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 6 Transverse shape of individual fibers

From: Effect of dormancy on the development of phloem fiber clusters

Treatment

Without dormancy

With dormancy

Field

Layer:

1st

2nd

3rd

1st

2nd

3rd

1st

2nd

3rd

Tan (μm)

14.2 ± 2.3

12.7 ± 3.4

13.2 ± 2.6

13.6 ± 2.9

14.6 ± 2.2

11.0 ± 2.3

16.3 ± 2.5

14.6 ± 1.5

13.9 ± 2.9

Rad (μm)

19.3 ± 3.3

13.8 ± 2.3

12.0 ± 2.6

26.3 ± 6.3

15.4 ± 3.1

11.2 ± 1.5

27.0 ± 5.7

16.1 ± 2.6

10.4 ± 1.9

Ratio

1.4 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.5

0.9 ± 0.3

2.0 ± 0.6

1.1 ± 0.4

1.1 ± 0.3

1.7 ± 0.3

1.1 ± 0.3

0.8 ± 0.2

  1. Layers were numbered from cambium to epidermis
  2. Tan tangential diameter of a fiber, Rad radial diameter of a fiber, Ratio aspect ratio of the fiber section (mean ± SD)