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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 5 Mean values and standard deviations of dynamic Young’s modulus and bending properties of the lumber

From: Geographical variations of lumber quality of Larix sibirica naturally grown in five different provenances of Mongolia

Provenance

n

DMOElum (GPa)

MOE (GPa)

MOR (MPa)

Mean

SD

Max.

Min.

Mean

SD

Max.

Min.

Mean

SD

Max.

Min.

Khentii

48

12.39

2.32

17.73

8.08

10.32

2.04

15.48

6.63

50.6

19.3

98.8

14.5

Arkhangai

30

9.89

1.35

12.89

7.57

7.53

1.42

10.53

4.25

33.0

11.5

59.1

14.2

Zavkhan

48

12.35

2.16

15.83

6.39

10.28

2.49

18.18

4.35

58.4

23.8

115.5

15.9

Khuvsgul

29

10.99

0.98

13.57

9.16

9.87

1.06

12.12

7.93

52.9

14.0

94.1

33.7

Selenge

35

14.46

1.85

17.59

10.90

13.02

2.40

22.41

9.57

68.7

20.9

121.5

37.8

F value

 

26.579**

29.546**

15.128**

  1. n: number of lumber; DMOElum: dynamic Young’s modulus of lumber; MOE: modulus of elasticity; MOR: modulus of rupture; SD: standard deviation
  2. **Significant difference among provenances (p < 0.01). F values were obtained by one-way ANOVA test