Prospects and Utilization of Tropical Plantation Trees

Preface

About the Editor

Contributors

Chapter 1 Tropical Tree Plantation and the Economic Value Chain

Bryant Jia Ming Wong, Michelle Boyou and

Norman Shew Yam Wong

Chapter 2 Managing Planting Materials and Planting Stock Production

of Tropical Tree Species

Mandy Maid, Crispin Kitingan and Julius Kodoh

Chapter 3 Nursery Practices on Neolamarckia cadamba Seedlings'

Growth Performance

Julius Kodoh and Mandy Maid

Chapter 4 Tree Planting Techniques of Batai (Paraserianthes falcataria)

and Its Soil Nutrients

Affendy Hassan and Nurlaila Fauriza Abdul Rahman

Chapter 5 Tropical Tree Planting and Forest Communities:

Prospects for Enhancing Livelihoods and Involvement in

Sabah Forests, Malaysia

Hardawati Yahya

Chapter 6 Response of Shorea Species to Drought Stress

Rhema D. Maripa, Rahila Dahlan David and Nor Hayati Daud

Chapter 7 Wood Anatomical Structure of Aquilaria malaccensis

Associated with Agarwood Occurrence and the Uses

of Agarwood

Shirley Marylinda Bakansing, Mohd Hamami Sahri and

Kang Chiang Liew

Chapter 8 Cellulose-Based Products and Derivatives

Melissa Sharmah Gilbert

Chapter 9 Organosolv Pulping and Handsheet Properties of

Acacia Hybrid

Eunice Wan Ni Chong and Kang Chiang Liew

Chapter 10 Water Absorption Properties of Chemically Modified

Sungkai (Peronema canescens) Wood Fibers in Medium

Density Fiberboard

Kang Chiang Liew, Hui Ching Chong and Su Xin Ng

Chapter 11 Properties of Acacia mangium Wood Particles and

Bioplastic Binder

Yu Feng Tan and Kang Chiang Liew

Chapter 12 Laminated Veneer Lumber from Acacia Hybrid

Grace Singan and Kang Chiang Liew