Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Wood

Progress in wood chemistry has been related mainly to chemical wood pulping and bleaching and chemical utilization of wood and wood extractives. Meth­ ods of wood analysis were developed by Schorger (proximate analysis in 1917) and Dore (summative analysis in 1919), and standard methods based on Schorger''s method, e.g., TAPPI standards (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry), have ...