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Review of Forests, Wood Products and Wood Biotechnology of Iran and Germany - Part III In the year 2008 the research activities in the project “Deutsch-Arabisch/Iranischer Hochschuldialog” between the Research Institute for Forests and Rangelands, Teheran Ali Reza Kharazipour, Christian Schöpper, and the University of Göttingen were successfully continued. The project was financed Cora Müller and Markus Euring (Eds.) by the Department of Foreign Affairs in the context of the „Europäisch/Islamischen Kulturdialog“ (EIK) supervised by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Now, like in the two years before, the present book gives again an overview of the Review of Forests, Wood Products common research themes in which the Iranian and German young scientists and and Wood Biotechnology of Iran and senior scientists of both countries works are summarised. The themes cover a wide variety in the research fields of forestry, mircobiology, forest zoology, wood science Germany - Part III and wood biotechnology. Kharazipour/Schöpper/Müller/Euring (Eds.) Review of Forests III Forests of Review (Eds.) Kharazipour/Schöpper/Müller/Euring ISBN 978-3-940344-72-4 Universitätsdrucke Göttingen Universitätsdrucke Göttingen Ali Reza Kharazipour, Christian Schöpper, Cora Müller, Markus Euring (Eds.) Review of Forests, Wood Products and Wood Biotechnology of Iran and Germany - Part III Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons License erschienen in der Reihe der Universitätsdrucke im Universitätsverlag Göttingen 2009 Ali Reza Kharazipour, Christian Schöpper, Cora Müller and Markus Euring (Eds.) Review of Forests, Wood Products and Wood Biotechnology of Iran and Germany – Part III Universitätsverlag Göttingen 2009 Bibliographische Information der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibliographie; detaillierte bibliographische Daten sind im Internet über <http://dnb.ddb.de> abrufbar. Global Forest Decimal Classification: (GFDC) 904; 862; 181; (430); (55) Address of the editors Prof. Dr. Ali Reza Kharazipour [email protected] Dr. Christian Schöpper [email protected] Dr. Cora Müller [email protected] Dr. Markus Euring [email protected] Büsgen-Institute Department for Molecular Wood Biotechnology & Technical Mycology Büsgenweg 2 D-37077 Göttingen This work is protected by German Intellectual Property Right Law. It is also available as an Open Access version through the publisher’s homepage and the Online Catalogue of the State and University Library of Goettingen (http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de). Users of the free online version are invited to read, download and distribute it. Users may also print a small number for educational or private use. However they may not sell print versions of the online book. Satz und Layout: Dr. Markus Euring Titelabbildung : Prof. Dr. Alireza Kharazipour, Iron Wood (Parrotia parsica) in the Alborz mountain range, province Mazandaran, Iran © 2009 Universitätsverlag Göttingen http://univerlag.uni-goettingen.de ISBN: 978-3-940344-72-4 Foreword In the year 2008 our research activities in the project “Deutsch- Arabisch/Iranischer Hochschuldialog” were successfully continued. Now, like in the two years before, the present book gives again an overview of the common research themes in which the Iranian and German young scientists and scientists of both countries works are summarised. Thereby the high variety of the both countries research studies is made clear, which is transferred into continuative cooperations between science and industry in Iran and Germany. The project was financed by the Department of Foreign Affairs in the context of the „Europäisch/Islamischen Kulturdialog“ (EIK). My special thanks go to the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Without its engagement and organisation this project would not have been realisable. We are much obliged to all involved people in Iran and Germany who made and make this joined project and the continuative cooperation possible. In paricular my thanks go to Dr. Assareh, Dr. Farahpour as well as the partnership authorised person in Iran Mr. M. Sc. Hossein Hosseinkhani from the Research Institute for Forests and Rangelands, Teheran for their indefatigable engagement to continue this project. Thereby also the third year of our intention has contributed to the achievement of the commonly verbalised aims. Beyond I want to thank all colleagues from the University of Mazandaran, Sari for their cooperation. For the support and the organisation of the conducted events and conferences I would like to thank Dr. M. Euring, Dr. C. Schöpper as well as Dr. C. Müller from the Büsgen-Institute, Department of Molecular Wood Biotechnology and Technical Mycology, University of Göttingen. For the participation of different events in Germany I thank all institutes from the Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology and our industry partners. Special thanks go to, Prof. U. Kües, dean of the Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology and leader of the department of Molecular Wood Biotechnology and Technical Mycology and to Prof. A. Polle, leader of the department Forest Botany for their support and the good cooperation. The project leader thanks all who have contributed to this project with their speeches and/or attendance. I wish that many readers are interested in this book and that the good German-Iranian cooperation in the past will be continued in the future. Göttingen, January 2009 Project director Prof. Dr. Alireza Kharazipour Contents Nina Ritter, Alireza Kharazipour Development of three- layered popcorn based particleboards by a combination of maize and wood.......................................................................................... 1 Stefan Schütze, Alireza Kharazipour Pilot plant particle boards production with modified binding agents ...................... 11 Sebastian Dantz, Alireza Kharazipour Development and production of innovative, formaldehyde-free middle density fibreboards (MDF) .....................................................................................................22 Dennis Janz, Andrea Polle Microarrays – a tool for analyzing salt tolerance in trees............................................33 Nadine Jäger How does fertilization influence trace gas emission?..................................................42 Timo Grüneberg “Wood Polymer Composites (WPC) – Processing technologies, chemical modification of wood and natural fiber components and improvement of selected properties” ....................................................................................................55 Thorsten Sprenger Integration concept of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP) into Multiple Use Forests (MUF) systems: a strategical workflow based on a case study from Hainan Island, P.P. China .........................................................................................70 Johannes Merklein Turbulent fluxes in an Indonesian rainforest. The eddy-covariance method and the role of advection. ........................................................................................................91 III Jan Carl Welzholz Criteria for the assessment of forest naturalness in nature-conservation-orientated forest management planning in Germany ............................................................106 Hamid Yamand et al. The fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae): a new emerging pest insect for forests and agricultural crops of Iran...................................................120 S. Shahrzad et al. In vitro callus induction and cryopreservation of Secale montanum embryonic cell follicles........................................................................................................................135 Hossein Mirzaie-Nodoushan Climatic variation causes genetic variation in Iranian rangeland plant species .....149 M.R. Habibi, H. Hosseinkhani, S. Mahdavi The effects of Poplar clones age variations and production conditions on medium density fiberboard (MDF) properties....................................................................162 M. Hassani, M. Amani Spatial structure of trees in old growth oriental beech stands of Hyrcanian forests .....................................................................................................................................185 A. Firouzjaei, H. Rezanejad Investigation on Durability of Eucalypt Woods by Field test Stakes .....................195 S. Mousa et al. THE FORESTS OF THE SOUTHERN IRAN ...................................................... 211 A. Shariat, M. H. Assareh Effects of drought stress on Eucalyptus camaldulensis at germination and seedling stage. ...........................................................................................................................244 M. Emam, M. H. Assareh Micropropagation of the Iranian woody lants............................................................255 IV S. E. Sadeghi et al. Insects associated with forest communities and poplar plantations in Iran..........265 Stefan Wichmann, Urs Reif National Park Hainich – Primeval Beech Forests in the Centre of Germany.......284 Widi Sunaryo, Urs Fischer In silico expression analysis of the Arabidopsis KNAT1 gene and its homologs in poplar..........................................................................................................................293 Ursula Kües, Monica Navarro-Gonzáles Research in biotechnology of basidiomycetes: mushrooms and enzymes.............303 Development of three- layered popcorn based particleboards by a combination of
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