1st Edition

Prospects and Utilization of Tropical Plantation Trees

Edited By Liew Kang Chiang Copyright 2020
    336 Pages 151 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    336 Pages 151 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Large numbers of tropical trees from natural forests or plantation forest are available for human consumption and management. This book focuses on the prospects and utilization of tropical plantation trees in context of economic and business, planting, managing stocks, and uses of trees converted to various wood-based products. It provides information on key areas of tropical plantation trees including growth performance, nursery practices, soil properties, planting stock production, raw material cellulose, anatomy, pulping and papermaking, fiber modification, and properties of wood composites.





    Features:





    • Comprehensive information on prospects and utilization of tropical plantation tree species.


    • Features information on potential products derived from tropical plantation trees including cellulose-based wood products, particleboard with bioplastic binder, and laminated veneer lumber.


    • Discusses species usage of economic importance other than wood production.


    • Presents information on nursery practices, growth performance, and soil properties of tropical trees.


    • Illustrates methodologies for repeating investigations on work that has been done previously in tropical tree research.




    This book introduces information for entrepreneurs or researchers before undertaking work with these tree species illustrating technical methodologies allowing for repetition or previous successful works. This information proves valuable to researchers if further work is needed for improvement on these plant-derived products.



    Preface



    About the Editor



    Contributors



    Chapter 1 Tropical Tree Plantation and the Economic Value Chain



    Bryant Jia Ming Wong, Michelle Boyou and



    Norman Shew Yam Wong



    Chapter 2 Managing Planting Materials and Planting Stock Production



    of Tropical Tree Species



    Mandy Maid, Crispin Kitingan and Julius Kodoh



    Chapter 3 Nursery Practices on Neolamarckia cadamba Seedlings’



    Growth Performance



    Julius Kodoh and Mandy Maid



    Chapter 4 Tree Planting Techniques of Batai (Paraserianthes falcataria)



    and Its Soil Nutrients



    Affendy Hassan and Nurlaila Fauriza Abdul Rahman



    Chapter 5 Tropical Tree Planting and Forest Communities:



    Prospects for Enhancing Livelihoods and Involvement in



    Sabah Forests, Malaysia



    Hardawati Yahya



    Chapter 6 Response of Shorea Species to Drought Stress



    Rhema D. Maripa, Rahila Dahlan David and Nor Hayati Daud



    Chapter 7 Wood Anatomical Structure of Aquilaria malaccensis



    Associated with Agarwood Occurrence and the Uses



    of Agarwood



    Shirley Marylinda Bakansing, Mohd Hamami Sahri and



    Kang Chiang Liew



    Chapter 8 Cellulose-Based Products and Derivatives



    Melissa Sharmah Gilbert



    Chapter 9 Organosolv Pulping and Handsheet Properties of



    Acacia Hybrid



    Eunice Wan Ni Chong and Kang Chiang Liew



    Chapter 10 Water Absorption Properties of Chemically Modified



    Sungkai (Peronema canescens) Wood Fibers in Medium



    Density Fiberboard



    Kang Chiang Liew, Hui Ching Chong and Su Xin Ng



    Chapter 11 Properties of Acacia mangium Wood Particles and



    Bioplastic Binder



    Yu Feng Tan and Kang Chiang Liew



    Chapter 12 Laminated Veneer Lumber from Acacia Hybrid



    Grace Singan and Kang Chiang Liew

    Biography

    Liew Kang Chiang graduated in the year 2002 with a Doctor of Philosophy in Wood Science from Universiti Putra Malaysia. He is currently an Associate Professor at Universiti Malaysia Sabah with expertise in pulp and paper, conventional and hybrid composites and other lignocellulosic-based utilization.