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FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
Volume 313, Issue -, Pages 47-54Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.10.038
Keywords
Xylem wounding; Resin canals; Defense system; Tapping; NWFP
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- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment as part of the European Cooperation project REMASA for the improvement of the resin sector in rural areas
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Pinus pinaster Ait. is the most widespread conifer in Spain and is now the only species tapped for its oleoresin. The role of tree size and xylem anatomy at distal parts (is 10 cm) aside from the tapping wound in the resin yield potential of this species was evaluated. Twenty-six tapped trees with contrasting resin yield classes and 12 non-tapped (control) trees, growing in two locations with the same climate conditions but different stand density and soil characteristics, were selected for the study. In tissues not affected by the tapping wound, the number of radial resin canals per mm(2) and resin canal volume per growth ring unit are related to resin yield. The number of radial canals per mm(2) and resin yield are strongly related to tree diameter and percentage of live crown. The area per mm(2) of axial resin canals is related to high yielding trees, but only in the location with higher plant density and poorer soil quality. In tapped trees, an increase in axial canal frequency and area was found during the three years following the start of tapping activity, suggesting that canal formation is a systemic induced response to wounding. Tree diameter and percentage of live crown and radial resin canal frequency could be useful criteria for estimating resin yields in P. pinaster and could be applied to improve tapping management and breeding programs. The systemic defense system of trees should be taken into account to improve tapping techniques and resin yield. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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