Miho Kojima

TL;DR: In this paper, the assembly mode of cell wall polymers in the softwood tracheid was tentatively proposed as a basic assembly mode for cellulose, noncellulosic polysaccharides and lignin, and their assembly mode in the cell wall.

TL;DR: This work evaluated whether xylem maturation depends on cambium age or diameter growth in the tree, and when and where this maturation occurs, and developed a new parameter, the “ b -value”, on the basis of radial distribution of fiber length, which suggests that accelerating lateral growth from an early growing stage will produce mature wood as soon as possible.

TL;DR: It is suggested that high growth rates do not intrinsically affect the wood properties of fast-growing tropical or subtropical species that have reached harvesting age, however, special attention must be paid to patterns of xylem maturation when developing plantations of such species.

TL;DR: In this paper, the microfibril angle (MFA) angle in the cell wall of a tree is used to determine the degree of anisotropic deformation of wood.

TL;DR: In this article, the root growth inhibiting (rt) gene was found to be defective in root elongation at root-elongating zone with additional collapse of epidermal and cortex cells at the root tip caused by the defect in the smooth exfoliation of root cap cells.