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| Author(s): |
Carlos Roberto Sette Junior
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2010-09-14 |
| Examining board members: |
Mario Tomazello Filho;
Adriano Wagner Ballarin;
Sergio Brazolin;
Jean Paul Laclau;
José Luis Penetra Cerveira Lousada
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| Advisor: | Mario Tomazello Filho |
| Abstract | |
The diverse and important application of the wood in eucalyptus plantations of fast growth with the addition of mineral fertilizers, require the analysis of its effect on the woods quality. With this objective were evaluated the dynamics of the increment in trunk diameter, anatomical characteristics, physical-mechanical and nutrient concentration in Eucalyptus grandis trees planted at a spacing of 3x2 m and fertilized with potassium and sodium (at planting, 6, 12th month). Were selected 60 eucalyptus trees with 22 months, in five class of basal area and evaluated the increment in trunk diameter, every 14 days, from February 2006 to February 2010 through dendrometers bands. To sample the wood at different percentages of the total height of the trunk were selected and cut eucalyptus trees at the age of 12, 24, 36 and 48 months, in five class of basal area. The wood samples of eucalyptus trees with 12, 24 and 36 months were used in the evaluation of its anatomical and determination of the basic density. For eucalyptus trees wood samples with 48 months were analyzed the anatomic characteristics (fibers and vessels), physical (wood density), mechanical (strength and stiffness) in the treatment of fertilization, class of basal area, radial and longitudinal positions and multiple regressions. The results showed that the eucalyptus trees with the sodium and potassium treatments and the class of basal area upper had rates of growth upper than the control treatment and other class of basal area. For the trunk diameter of trees was detected a seasonal effect of climate, with periods of maximum and minimum growth. There were significant differences between fertilization treatments and class of basal area of trees to some anatomical characteristics, and mechanical properties; no difference was found for wood density. The higher concentration of potassium and sodium were found in trees of the respective treatments. The analysis of the content of potassium and sodium in the wood of the eucalyptus trees on the 12th, 24th, 36th and 48th months showed greater translocation of nutrients in the treatments. The results indicate that nutrients, particularly potassium, induced greater increase in volume and diameter of the eucalyptus trees trunk, without altering wood density. The mineral fertilization influenced some anatomical characteristics and mechanical properties of wood. The content of potassium and sodium varied in fertility treatments, indicating the occurrence of translocation in the wood of trees along its age. (AU) | |