Table 2 Result of variance analysis of thinning and pruning treatments’ effect on growth characteristics and wood physical properties of clonal teak wood
Source of variance | df | Height | DBH |
F-value | Var (%) | F-value | Var (%) |
Block | 2 | 29.81 | 92.6 | 1.22 | 0.6 |
Thinning | 2 | 0.42ns | 0.0 | 37.91** | 95.8 |
Pruning | 2 | 0.61ns | 0.0 | 0.08ns | 0.0 |
Thinning × Pruning | 4 | 2.30ns | 4.2 | 1.41ns | 1.1 |
| PHW | VHW |
Block | 2 | 8.02 | 82.5 | 9.83 | 25.4 |
Thinning | 2 | 1.49ns | 5.6 | 25.63** | 70.9 |
Pruning | 2 | 0.37ns | 0.0 | 0.02ns | 0.0 |
Thinning × Pruning | 4 | 0.71ns | 0.0 | 1.29ns | 0.8 |
| MCG | BD |
Block | 2 | 246.41 | 2.6 | 13.06 | 0.2 |
Thinning | 2 | 9.51** | 25.4 | 0.72ns | 0.0 |
AL (Thinning) | 18 | 6.80** | 17.3 | 11.71** | 49.8 |
RL (Thinning AL) | 53 | 5.21** | 12.6 | 9.05** | 37.5 |
Pruning | 2 | 0.196ns | 1.9 | 0.62ns | 0.0 |
AL (Pruning) | 12 | 1.10ns | 0.3 | 0.83ns | 0.0 |
RL (Pruning AL) | 35 | 0.69ns | 0.0 | 0.77ns | 0.0 |
Thinning × Pruning | 4 | 12.18** | 33.3 | 2.37ns | 6.3 |
AL (Thinning Pruning) | 22 | 2.20** | 3.6 | 1.32ns | 1.5 |
RL (Thinning Pruning AL) | 51 | 0.79ns | 0.0 | 1.00ns | 4.7 |
| TS | RS |
Block | 2 | 37.01 | 0.4 | 30.27 | 1.4 |
Thinning | 2 | 14.58** | 40.3 | 0.29ns | 0.0 |
AL (Thinning) | 18 | 3.24** | 6.6 | 3.40** | 26.8 |
RL (Thinning AL) | 38 | 2.55** | 4.6 | 3.55** | 28.5 |
Pruning | 2 | 1.54ns | 1.6 | 3.52* | 28.16 |
AL (Pruning) | 12 | 0.74ns | 0.0 | 1.19ns | 0.0 |
RL (Pruning AL) | 27 | 0.96ns | 4.6 | 0.87ns | 0.0 |
Thinning × Pruning | 4 | 15.60** | 43.4 | 0.72ns | 0.0 |
AL (Thinning Pruning) | 22 | 1.01ns | 0.02 | 1.35ns | 3.9 |
RL (Thinning Pruning AL) | 44 | 0.50ns | 0.0 | 0.81ns | 0.0 |
| T/R ratio | VS |
Block | 2 | 7.69 | 0.1 | 38.28 | 0.5 |
Thinning | 2 | 11.99** | 44.4 | 15.62** | 48.3 |
AL (Thinning) | 18 | 2.98** | 8.0 | 2.25** | 4.1 |
RL (Thinning AL) | 38 | 4.95** | 16.0 | 1.77** | 2.5 |
Pruning | 2 | 0.42ns | 0.0 | 3.13* | 7.0 |
AL (Pruning) | 12 | 1.09ns | 0.4 | 0.90ns | 0.0 |
RL (Pruning AL) | 27 | 1.47ns | 1.9 | 0.78ns | 0.0 |
Thinning × Pruning | 4 | 7.17** | 25.0 | 10.81** | 32.4 |
AL (Thinning Pruning) | 22 | 0.79ns | 0.0 | 1.51ns | 1.7 |
RL (Thinning Pruning AL) | 44 | 1.08ns | 0.3 | 0.45ns | 0.0 |
Significant at α = 0.05;
Significant at α = 0.01;
No significant difference at α = 0.05.
df: degree of freedom, Var: variance components, DBH: diameter of breast high (1.3 m above ground level), PHW: relative heartwood proportion, VHW: volume of heartwood content, MCG: green moisture content, BD: basic density, AL: axial level, RL: radial level, TS: tangential shrinkage, RS: radial shrinkage, T/R ratio: shrinkage coefficient of anisotropy, VS: volumetric shrinkage.