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Wood chemistry completes natural durability as criteria for shorting best provenances in the improvement of teakwood quality: case of five provenances from Ivorian Séguié’s trial
2018 - IRG/WP 18-10920
In order to determine the best provenance for continuing breeding program in Côte d’Ivoire, five provenances of teak planted in 1970 at Séguié’s trial (Agboville, in the south of Côte d’Ivoire), were compared. Fifteen trees (three trees per provenance) composed the sample. Decay resistance and the chemical content especially, non-structural carbohydrates, total phenolics and quinone comp...
F B Niamke, N Amusant, A A Adima, A A Kadio, G Chaix, C Jay-Allemand


Natural durability of tropical plantation woods case in teak
2023 - IRG/WP 23-11011
Teak (T. grandis) is one of the most popular tropical timber species when it comes to the natural durability. High value of teak timber is attracting the attention to expand fast growing teak plantations, and the natural durability of plantation teak wood has been examined in various provenances of tropics. Natural durability of plantation and natural teak wood using three disks was examined throu...
K Yamamoto