Growth and quality of Brazilian pine tree seedlings as affected by container type and volume [PDF]
Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Kuntze (Araucariaceae), commonly known as araucaria and Brazilian pine tree, can be grown for their edible pine nuts (pinhões), medicinal properties, and ornamental purposes.
Leandro Marcolino Vieira +4 more
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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of industrial pine roundwood production in Brazilian forests [PDF]
Pine (Pinus oocarpa) wood has great economic importance in Brazil. Pine stands represent the second largest reforested area in the country due to their industrial interest. Combining the relevance of industrial pine stands in the country and corresponding environmental concerns, this current study aims to identify and quantify the environmental impacts
Diogo Aparecido Lopes Silva +2 more
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Tree slenderness and stability of Brazilian pine in a secondary forest [PDF]
The aim of this study was investigating the factors that render Araucaria angustifolia trees less stable in secondary forests to support the species conservation strategies.
Vinicius Costa Cysneiros +4 more
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Polypores from a Brazilian pine forest in Southern Brazil: pileate species [PDF]
A fungal survey in the National Forest of São Francisco de Paula, in southern Brazil, displayed 38 pileate polypores species (eight Hymenochaetales and 30 Polyporales). Amauroderma coltricioides T.W.
Rosa Mara B. da Silveira +3 more
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Brazilian Pine (Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze) Ethnoecology in the Mantiqueira Atlantic Forest [PDF]
Araucaria angustifolia is under the domain of the Atlantic Forest, classified as Mixed Ombrophilous Forest (FOM). It is a native species critically threatened due to the intense exploration, to the point of exhaustion, of its natural reserves. This study
Mariana Martins da Costa Quinteiro +2 more
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Proximate composition and kinectics drying of sweet pine nuts compared to typical nuts of Araucaria angustifolia [PDF]
: The objective of this research was to determine the proximate composition and kinetics drying of sweet pine nuts compared to typical pine nuts of Araucaria angustifolia.
Bruna Valéria Gil +7 more
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An alternative energy generation from charcoal produced from Brazilian pine (Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Ktze) seed residues [PDF]
The perspective is that the energy demand will grow in the coming decades worldwide. The search for renewable energy sources is urgent and necessary. Residual biomass may be a promising source of raw material for obtaining bioenergy.
Danielle Affonso Sampaio +3 more
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Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Wood Tensile Strength Perpendicular to the Grain
The Brazilian Code ABNT NBR 7190 (1997) is currently under review process and one of the proposals is the change and add of some test procedures. Several specimen geometric configurations and test conditions have been evaluated by the study committee CE ...
João Vítor Felippe Silva +5 more
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PERFORMANCE COMPARISON BETWEEN PRESERVATIVE PRODUCTS CONCERNING TERMITES ATTACK ON PINE TIMBER [PDF]
CLT (Cross Laminated Timber) is a pre-fabricated engineered wood panel, generally made from conifer woods, mainly pine and spruce. Due to the low natural resistance of this species to deteriorating organisms attack, the Brazilian standard ABNT NBR 7190:1
Ana Carolina Belizário +3 more
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Scientific novel: Araucaria angustifolia branch may be converted into orthotropic trunk by grafting
Grafting technique has been presented as an alternative for Araucaria angustifolia propagation. However, vegetative rescuing mature trees and obtaining large numbers of propagules is difficult, because the use of branch grafts has not been indicated due ...
Valdeci Constantino +2 more
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