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  1. This study investigated the structural, chemical, and multi-scale mechanical properties of windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) leaf sheath fiber, which were frequently wasted. Significant variation was observed...

    Authors: Jing Li, Xuexia Zhang, Jiawei Zhu, Yan Yu and Hankun Wang
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2020 66:8
  2. Rice straw is a troublesome biomass for an industrial application because of its high silica content and the wax-like substances covering the surface. At manufacturing binderless boards, which are considered e...

    Authors: Yoko Kurokochi and Masatoshi Sato
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2020 66:7
  3. To discuss the factors that greatly affect the stabilization and destabilization of the conformation of lignin caused by changes in temperature and/or swelling, the temperature dependence of the loss tangent (tan

    Authors: Yuka Miyoshi, Ai Sakae, Nao Arimura, Keisuke Kojiro and Yuzo Furuta
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2020 66:6
  4. Wood densification can improve the strength of low density wood species and extend wood product applications. To enhance the wood compressive quality, chemical pretreatments for pristine wood have widely been ...

    Authors: Jiangtao Shi, Junyi Peng, Qiongtao Huang, Liping Cai and Sheldon Q. Shi
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2020 66:5
  5. A new type of bamboo–concrete composite structure using perforated steel plates as connectors was proposed. To study the composite effect of this new type of composite structure, the slip behavior of bamboo–co...

    Authors: Zhiyuan Wang, Yang Wei, Ning Li, Kang Zhao and Mingmin Ding
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2020 66:4
  6. Rattan cane is an important forest product only second to timber and bamboo, with higher economic value and ecological benefits. Physical and mechanical properties are more important quality performance indexe...

    Authors: Shumin Yang, E’lin Xiang, Lili Shang, Xing’e Liu, Genlin Tian and Jianfeng Ma
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2020 66:3
  7. Pentachlorophenol (PCP) has been introduced into the environment mainly as a wood preservative and biocide. The degradation and transformation of PCP in liquid culture by wood-decaying fungus capable of degrad...

    Authors: Pengfei Xiao and Ryuichiro Kondo
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2020 66:2
  8. Moisture sorption has a significant impact on the performance of heat-treated wood. In order to better characterize moisture sorption of heat-treated wood, a method for rapid determination of moisture content ...

    Authors: Hanmeng Yuan, Shiyao Tang, Qiuyan Luo, Teng Xiao, Wenlei Wang, Qiang Ma, Xin Guo and Yiqiang Wu
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2020 66:1
  9. The aim of this study was to investigate the moment and shear capacity of Ply-lam which is composed with plywood and structural timber. The moment and shear capacity of Ply-lam were predicted by using predicti...

    Authors: Sung-Jun Pang, Hyeon-Jeong Lee, Seung Min Yang, Seog Goo Kang and Jung-Kwon Oh
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:68
  10. Commercial wood flour of pine (Pinus densiflora) was used as an experimental material. It was milled with different milling times 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, and 120 min to investigate the effect of their particle siz...

    Authors: Arif Delviawan, Yoichi Kojima, Hikaru Kobori, Shigehiko Suzuki, Kenji Aoki and Shinji Ogoe
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:67
  11. Polysaccharides are promising renewable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, and are high-value-added materials in various industries. In this work, we synthesized dextran (α-1,6-glucan) ester derivatives...

    Authors: Azusa Togo, Yukiko Enomoto, Akio Takemura and Tadahisa Iwata
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:66
  12. In traditional Japanese timber structures, nuki-column joints are used as seismic elements. However, the elastic stiffness of their moment resistance performance is rather small. In this research, hardwoods we...

    Authors: Hiroto Suesada, Kohta Miyamoto, Tatsuya Shibusawa, Kenji Aoki and Masahiro Inayama
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:65
  13. The objective of this study is to investigate the microstructure, water permeability and the adhesion of waterborne coating on the flattened bamboo. The flattened bamboo was obtained by softening bamboo culm a...

    Authors: Hong Chen, Yutian Zhang, Xue Yang, Han Ji, Tuhua Zhong and Ge Wang
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:64
  14. Blue staining on rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis) is a common kind of defect. There currently exists much research focused on the prevention and control of blue staining. However, little research has been concentr...

    Authors: Boshi Zhao, Zhiming Yu, Yang Zhang and Chusheng Qi
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:63
  15. Bamboo is readily discolored by mold fungi, which greatly limits its applications. An effective antifungal agent, copper(II) chloride (CuCl2)-grafted silica gel, was prepared by a sol–gel process using tetraethox...

    Authors: Shoulu Yang, Sha Luo, Anxiang Huang, Yang Luo, Dan Li, Yiqiang Wu and Ning Ji
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:62
  16. In the original publication of the article [1], the scientific name of Mlondondo was misspelled as “Xeoderis stuhlmannii” instead of “Xeroderris stuhlmannii” in Table 1. The corrected table 1 is given in this ...

    Authors: Kazushi Nakai, Moriyoshi Ishizuka, Seiichi Ohta, Jonas Timothy, Makala Jasper, Njabha M. Lyatura, Victor Shau and Tsuyoshi Yoshimura
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:61

    The original article was published in Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:39

  17. Research on the wood species of Japanese Buddhist statues has an over 60 years’ history and recently many Buddhist “Ichiboku” statues carved out of a single bole made from the Nara to Heian periods were scient...

    Authors: Suyako Tazuru and Junji Sugiyama
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:60
  18. Calocedrus formosana Florin is a softwood tree species with high economic value in Taiwan. Several bioactivities of the extracts of C. formosana have been reported; however, only one study focused on the anti-non...

    Authors: Shang-Tse Ho, Chi-Chen Lin, Tung-Lin Wu, Yu-Tang Tung and Jyh-Horng Wu
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:59
  19. β-Thujaplicin (hinokitiol) is an important extractive of Thujopsis dolabrata var. hondae (hinokiasunaro) that confers high durability to its wood. We investigated differences in β-thujaplicin content in wood from...

    Authors: Jun Tanabe, Yuya Takashima, Futoshi Ishiguri, Hiroyuki Sanpe, Jyunichi Ohshima, Kazuya Iizuka and Shinso Yokota
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:56
  20. Wood is a raw material that is used not only in the production of structural members for various buildings, but also in the interior finishes that are directly seen and touched by the occupants. Wood has also ...

    Authors: Masashi Nakamura, Harumi Ikei and Yoshifumi Miyazaki
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:55
  21. The purpose of this paper was to confirm the influence of pulsive pressure waves on the liquid penetration into wood in the semi-opened container. Wood block sample was irradiated by the pulsive pressure waves...

    Authors: Soichi Tanaka, Masako Seki, Tsunehisa Miki, Kenji Umemura and Kozo Kanayama
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:54
  22. This study was conducted to evaluate the properties of cement-bonded composite (CBC) manufactured using jute stick particles and expanded polystyrene (EPS) beads to reduce the density of CBC for mitigating the...

    Authors: Md Nasim Rana, Md Nazrul Islam, Suresh Kumar Nath, Atanu Kumar Das, Md Ashaduzzaman and Md Iftekhar Shams
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:53
  23. A steel–bamboo SI (skeleton–infill) system with steel frame as the skeleton and bamboo box as the filler is proposed, which realizes the requirements of building assembly and sustainable development. As a firs...

    Authors: Qingfang Lv, Yi Ding and Ye Liu
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:51
  24. Novel bamboo I-beams fabricated from bamboo oriented strand boards as structural members were investigated. Bending tests were performed to determine the stiffness and strength properties of bamboo I-beams. Th...

    Authors: Yuhui Sun, Zehui Jiang, Huanrong Liu, Zhengjun Sun and Changhua Fang
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:50
  25. This study investigated the use of glycerol–fatty acid sodium soap mixtures to delignify woody biomass as a model for utilization of crude glycerol by-product from biodiesel manufacture. Lignin-bearing glycero...

    Authors: Masatoshi Todaka, Wasana Kowhakul, Hiroshi Masamoto and Mikiji Shigematsu
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:49
  26. In this study, dynamic changes in structural polysaccharide deposition on the plasma membrane and cortical microtubules (CMTs) behavior were monitored in protoplasts isolated from white birch callus using conf...

    Authors: Satomi Tagawa, Yusuke Yamagishi, Ugai Watanabe, Ryo Funada and Tetsuo Kondo
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:47
  27. The moisture sorption behaviour of wood strongly influences the durability of exterior-coated wood. Wood characteristics are known to influence the water sorption of uncoated wood. Despite this, the majority o...

    Authors: T. Sjökvist, Å. Blom and M. E. P. Wålinder
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:45
  28. The strain associated with orthogonal cutting with and against the grain of hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) was measured. Digital image correlation method was used to measure strain distributed in the area within 0...

    Authors: Yosuke Matsuda, Yuko Fujiwara and Yoshihisa Fujii
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:44
  29. Annual ring width, warp, dynamic Young’s modulus, and static bending properties were evaluated for 2 × 4 lumber produced from Larix sibirica trees naturally grown in five different provenances of Mongolia. The lu...

    Authors: Bayasaa Tumenjargal, Futoshi Ishiguri, Haruna Aiso-Sanada, Yusuke Takahashi, Ikumi Nezu, Bayartsetseg Baasan, Ganbaatar Chultem, Jyunichi Ohshima and Shinso Yokota
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:43
  30. The incorporation of recycled papers, paperboards and Tetra Pak as filling materials in brittle matrices presents an interesting approach in the utilization of waste materials for building construction. This p...

    Authors: Dafni Foti, Stergios Adamopoulos, Eleni Voulgaridou, Elias Voulgaridis, Costas Passialis, Stephen Osakue Amiandamhen and Geoffrey Daniel
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:42
  31. The sap of urushi tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum (Stokes) F.A. Barkley) has been used for coating materials and is known as urushi or oriental lacquer in East Asia. The potential of termite attacks against wood...

    Authors: Yoko Okahisa, Chieko Narita and Tsuyoshi Yoshimura
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:41
  32. The development of phloem fibers was investigated in poplars grown under artificially fixed conditions and under an artificially shortened annual cycle system that includes a dormancy phase. The phloem tissues...

    Authors: Kei’ichi Baba, Yuko Kurita and Tetsuro Mimura
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:40
  33. African blackwood (ABW) (Dalbergia melanoxylon) mainly occurs in the coastal areas of East Africa, including in Tanzania and Mozambique, and its heartwood is commonly known to be one of the most valuable material...

    Authors: Kazushi Nakai, Moriyoshi Ishizuka, Seiichi Ohta, Jonas Timothy, Makala Jasper, Njabha M. Lyatura, Victor Shau and Tsuyoshi Yoshimura
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:39

    The Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:61

  34. This study was aimed at examining the mechanical performance of mortise and tenon joints reinforced with slot-in bamboo scrimber plates. 27 full-scale specimens were manufactured with engineered wood and bambo...

    Authors: Guofang Wu, Meng Gong, Yingchun Gong, Haiqing Ren and Yong Zhong
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:38
  35. The scarcity of timber to supply the wood-based industries is one of the prevailing problems worldwide. Tree plantations are the remaining solutions to subdue the shortage of raw materials, at the same time se...

    Authors: Dennis M. Gilbero, Willie P. Abasolo, Miyuki Matsuo-Ueda and Hiroyuki Yamamoto
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:35
  36. l-Coniferin (1L), which is an enantiomer of natural coniferin (d-coniferin (1D)), was prepared from l-glucose according to the conventional method for compound 1D. The reactivity of l-glucose and its derivatives ...

    Authors: Haruka Maeda, Taku Tsuyama, Keiji Takabe, Hiroshi Kamitakahara and Toshiyuki Takano
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:34

    The Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Wood Science 2020 66:15

  37. The tyrosinase 2 gene (tyr2) from two compatible strains of Grifola frondosa, the albino-type monokaryon strain IM-WM1-25 and the wild-type monokaryon strain IM-BM11-P21, were amplified and characterized (designa...

    Authors: Nobuhisa Kawaguchi, Mirai Hayashi, Fu-Chia Chen, Norihiro Shimomura, Takeshi Yamaguchi and Tadanori Aimi
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:32
  38. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels are fabricated with their layers stacked crosswise. Owing to the low shear modulus and strength in the rolling shear direction, the shear properties of cross-layers influenc...

    Authors: Seiichiro Ukyo, Kenta Shindo and Atsushi Miyatake
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:31
  39. Lignin is a biopolymer consisted of monolignols but the growth mechanism of lignin has not yet been elucidated. In this study, enzymatic dehydrogenative polymerization of dilignols, guaiacylglycerol-β-conifery...

    Authors: Yasuyuki Matsushita, Daisuke Baba, Dan Aoki and Kazuhiko Fukushima
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:29
  40. As a follow-up report, the impregnation of wood pre-treated by compression at different moisture content (MC) conditions was systematically studied in terms of impregnation during the release of compression an...

    Authors: Youke Zhao, Xin Zhao, Ikuho Iida and Juan Guo
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:28
  41. The chemical treatments applied to some lignocellulosic resources commonly used as building materials can influence their mechanical performance during service, and hence, this effect should be studied for str...

    Authors: Christian Gauss, Marzieh Kadivar and Holmer Savastano Jr.
    Citation: Journal of Wood Science 2019 65:27

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