Ten new poplar cultivars provide laminated veneer lumber for structural application

• Published in: Annals of Forest Science
• Main Authors: RAHAYU, Istie, DENAUD, Louis, MARCHAL, Rémy, DARMAWAN, Wayan
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature (since 2011)/EDP Science (until 2010) 2015
• Subjects: Cultivar; Juvenile Wood; Engineered wood product; Modulus of elasticity; Modulus of rupture; Density; Sciences de l'ingénieur: Mécanique; Sciences de l'ingénieur: Mécanique: Matériaux et structures en mécanique; Ensam; Mella; Taro; dvina
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10985/8657; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-014-0422-0

Key message Lambro, Brenta, Taro, Alcinde and Soligo are new poplar cultivars suitable for laminated veneer lumber (LVL) for structural purposes. While Lena, Koster, Dvina, Mella and Trichobel must be used with careful veneer material selection to obtain high value of mechanical properties. Context...