Resources
The Resources category covers research projects such as forest policy, growth and yield modelling, wood quality, forest health management, silviculture, water use, soil quality, plant disease, tree genetics, tree breeding and resource evaluation.
Major issues include forest management strategies for climate change and maximising the greenhouse advantages of forest products.
A key goal is to increase industry profitability and ensure efficient use of inputs throughout the industry’s value chain.
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26.04.05: Towards the Development of Heartwood-free Eucalypts
This project was directed at exploring opportunities to use molecular tools to enhance permeability of heartwood in eucalypt stems. The research focused on the molecular basis of tylosis forma... Read More -
02.03.05: Eucalypt Plantations for Solid Wood Products in Australia – A Review. ‘If you don’t prune it, we can’t use it’
This review explores influences and impediments to profitably process plantation hardwood resource over time. For this study, solid wood products include natural rounds, sawn timber and veneer... Read More -
01.03.05: Blue Gum Plantation Management System
This project designed a software system to facilitate efficient and precise plantation management, and developed a computer-based system and associated biometry to assist with the planning and... Read More -
20.12.04: Assessment of the causality of Essigella-ascribed defoliation of mid-rotation radiata pine and its national impact in terms of cost of lost wood production
This study estimated the national cost of defoliation in terms of lost wood production including predicting future defoliation and identifying potentially susceptible stands using climatic or ... Read More -
07.12.04: Resource Evaluation for Future Profit: Part A - Wood Property Survey of the Green Triangle Region
The project’s objectives were to demonstrate the value of resource evaluation tools that can predict future trends in structural grade recovery, using the Green Triangle region as the case stu... Read More -
23.08.04: Application of Multispectral Imagery to the Management of Pine Plantation Condition and Productivity Summary
This project demonstrates the application of high resolution digital imagery for the assessment of plantation canopy condition and the potential benefits of incorporating this information othe... Read More -
15.06.04: Improving wood stiffness through microfibril angle: Summary
This project investigated ways of breeding radiata pine to improve solid wood stiffness through changes in microfibril angle (MfA). Earlier work suggests that wood stiffness depends on microfi... Read More -
06.05.04: Economic Impact of Bushfires on the Community
This project examined the economic impact of bushfires on the community over the 36 years to publication. In 2004 values fires caused $1059 million damage during that time. However when compar... Read More -
14.03.04: An Investigation of a Power Assisted Tool (ElectrocoupMaxicoup) for Low Pruning of Australian Plantations Part A Literature Review
This report examined the techniques and tools used to prune plantation species, and the associated productivity, operator safety, portability and cost. Reference Number: PN03.3905 Findings R... Read More -
11.03.04: Forest Certification and Wood Use in Australia Perceptions and Intentions in the Value Chain
In recent years, public perceptions about the relative environmental merits of using wood are being challenged. This led to three research questions addressed in this study. What are the at... Read More
