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To explain the generation mechanism of tree growth stresses in relation to time and location inhomogeneity in the secondary wall lignification, we made a theoretical discussion by using an analytical model. In this analysis, time dependence, which has not been explicitly considered in a conventional model, was introduced. This made us possible to simulate the generation process of the growth stresses as a time dependent phenomenon attendant upon the secondary wall maturation.
Analysis well explained the experimental results quantitatively on the assumption that a tensile stress originates in the cellulose microfibril as a bundle and a compressive stress are generated in the matrix skeleton during the secondary wall lignification. This verifies the propriety of “the unified hypothesis” proposed by Okuyama et al. quantitatively.
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The author thanks Prof. T. Okuyama, Nagoya University, for his valuable advices and critical reading the manuscript, and Prof. D. Guitard, University of Bordeaux I, for his kind discussion.
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Yamamoto, H. Generation mechanism of growth stresses in wood cell walls: roles of lignin deposition and cellulose microfibril during cell wall maturation. Wood Sci.Technol. 32, 171–182 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00704840
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