Publications
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2011
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Peder GjerdrumAbstract
This case study describes reflection, analyses and results obtained from investing in a new saw intake plant with the option to separate pre-sorted logs groups in two sub-sets for increased yield and sawing mini-series of 20-30 logs to maintain high capacity. The new plant was in need of careful trimming and follow-up during a period half a year or more before optimal operation was obtained. Log separation is done based on 3D scaling after debarking. As expected, scaling accuracy was substantially improved. However, scars and damages from the debarker cause some variation in the scaling, and most for 3-dimensional parameters like sweep and taper. Nevertheless, total sawn timber recovery increased by two percent of consumed log volume, equivalent to 2.3 % improvement in the sawmill\"s added value. Sawing two orders simultaneously increased the complexity of planning and sawn timber logistics. Automated sawn timber quality prediction based on observations of barked logs in the 3D scanner has so far not proved successful; one reason for this might be the quality variation within each log. It was concluded that the investment has proven profitable.
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We treated Norway spruce (Picea abies) stems with methyl jasmonate (MeJA) to determine possible quantitative and qualitative eVects of induced tree defenses on pheromone emission by the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus. We measured the amounts of 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol and (S)-cis-verbenol, the two main components of the beetle’s aggregation pheromone, released from beetle entrance holes, along with phloem terpene content and beetle performance in MeJA-treated and untreated Norway spruce logs. As expected, phloem terpene levels were higher and beetle tunnel length was shorter (an indication of poor performance) in MeJA-treated logs relative to untreated logs. Parallel to the higher phloem terpene content and poorer beetle performance, beetles in MeJA-treated logs released signiWcantly less 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol and (S)-cis-verbenol, and the ratio between the two pheromone components was signiWcantly altered. These results suggest that host resistance elicited by MeJA application reduces pheromone emission by I. typographus and alters the critical ratio between the two main pheromone components needed to elicit aggregation. The results also provide a mechanistic explanation for the reduced performance and attractivity observed in earlier studies when bark beetles colonize trees with elicited host defenses, and extend our understanding of the ecological functions of conifer resistance against bark beetles.
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Grete Helen Meisfjord Jørgensen Knut Egil BøeAbstract
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Knut Egil Bøe Grete Helen Meisfjord JørgensenAbstract
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The causative agent of dieback on European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) was first described as Chalara fraxinea based on cultural morphology because no sexual stage of the fungus was known. Later, based on culturing of ascospores of a candidate teleomorph, morphological comparison and nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer sequencing, the sexual stage of C. fraxinea was assigned as Hymenoscyphus albidus, a native and widespread species in Europe. Recently, the morphological species concept of H. albidus was shown to cover two species that cannot be separated from each other based on teleomorph characters, but which can be distinguished by several DNA markers. As a result, the strains causing ash dieback were reassigned as H. pseudoalbidus. The closely related H. albidus is presumably a non-pathogenic endophyte, but pathogenicity tests to confirm this hypothesis have not yet been performed. Genotyping of herbarium specimens has shown that H. pseudoalbidus was present in Switzerland for at least a decade prior to the epidemic outbreak in Europe. The origin of the ash dieback pathogen, and the general importance of correct pathogen identification to development of effective disease control, are discussed.
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