PRELiMINARY STUDlES ON RADlAL VARlATION PATTERNS OF WOOD PROPERTIES WITHIN TREES IV.STUDIES ON THE RADIAL VARIATION PATTERNSOF WOOD DENSITY IN POPULUS×EURAMERICANA CLONES
Abstract:The radial variation patterns of wood density in 17 Populus×euramericana clones were studied by x-ray wood densitometry.The main results obtained are:1)The general trends of the density profiles of the trees were similar,while there existed a certain degree of variations among clones and even within a clone.Therefore,the indefiniteness in describing the variation patterns is inevitable.2)There existed significant differences in the average ring densities at various ages.3)The interclonal age-age coorelations of the average ring density were significant,indicating the feasibility of the early selection among clones.4)The correlations between average ring density and maximum and minimum densities in the variation affected by ages differed from those affected by clones.Significant negative correlations between ring density and ring width were shown in the variation affected by clones.