Quality of wood and pulp from a clone of Eucalyptus grandis planted at three locations

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Cláudio Angeli Sansígolo²  Éder Da Silva Ramos¹ 

[1],Universidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Recursos Naturais - Ciências Florestais Botucatu SP

关键词: Soil fertility;    wood properties;    Kraft pulp;    Fertilidade do solo;    propriedades da madeira;    polpa Kraft;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-77602011000100006

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Eucalyptus grandis is one of the most popular species to use as raw material for pulp production in Brazil, as it provides excellent pulping, bleaching and papermaking results. The main objective of this study is to examine the quality of wood and pulp from a clone of Eucalyptus grandis, at age 4 years approximately, planted in three different soils, two of which being low fertility and one being a superior fertility soil, and their reflections on wood quality and pulping results. Chemical analyses of the soils followed guidelines developed by Raij et al. (2001), while physical and chemical properties of the wood followed ABTCP, TAPPI and ABNT standards. Chemical analyses of the soils pointed to lower fertility in Fazenda Limeira and Fazenda Tapera Queimada as opposed to higher fertility in Fazenda Mendes União. Results revealed stronger tendencies for the stand grown in the less fertile soils (Fazenda Limeira and Fazenda Tapera Queimada) in comparison to the stand grown in more fertile soil (Fazenda Mendes União) as to: higher wood and bark basic density, lower height and dry matter content, higher bark content, lower extractives content and higher holocellulose content, higher total and screened yields from pulping, lower specific wood consumption/t of pulp, and higher tear and tensile indices at low refining levels.

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