Over the past years, a great deal has been learned about variation in wood prop erties. Genetic control is a major source of variation in most wood properties.

Over the past years, a great deal has been learned about variation in wood prop erties. Genetic control is a major source of variation in most wood properties.

In the year 2001, Prof. Dr. Ursula Kües was appointed at the Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology of the Georg-August-University Göttingen to the cha

Forest tree improvement has mainly been implemented to enhance the productivity of artificial forests. However, given the drastically changing global environmen

It is widely recognized that spiral grain in trees severely reduces the value of sawn timber through warping and loss of strength, and that it also causes probl