1. Pruning as a mean to Improve Wood Quality
Rafael Rodrigues Jorge

2. Does pruning affect wood characteristics? How does it happen?

3. In the wood the knots are considered a defect, and pruning has as objective the growth of knot-free wood.

4. Pruning affects the cambial activity, in the number and type of cells created.
Hanley, Donald P., Forest pruning and wood quality of western North American conifers

5. The quality of the tree is improved by the increase in density, better shape and the absence of knots.

6. Pruning allows the formation of clear wood improving the physical and aesthetic properties of the wood.
Hanley, Donald P., Forest pruning and wood quality of western North American conifers.