Research Article
Effect of Spacing Regimes on Growth, Yield, and Wood Properties of Tectona grandis at Longuza Forest Plantation, Tanzania
Table 5
Effect of spacing on other wood properties of T. grandis at LFP.
| Strength (Nmm−2) | Treatment | Static bending |
Compression parallel to grain | Shear parallel to grain |
Cleavage parallel (tangential) to grain | Cleavage perpendicular (radial) to grain | MOR | MOE |
| 2 × 2 m | 79.07a | 8275.84a | 40.993a | 8.93a | 14.27a | 15.64a+ | 3 × 3 m | 82.20a | 8277.87a | 39.901a | 8.70a | 15.72b | 15.36a | 4 × 4 m | 81.86a | 7167.88a | 39.471a | 8.47a | 18.93b | 14.10a | ANOVA | NS | NS | NS | NS | | NS |
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+ Within the same column, means with the same letter are not significantly different (); = ; NS = not significant; .
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