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TO GIVE WOOD AND FRUITS. Quezon City Task Force Street Lighting personnel prunes a mango tree at the corner of Sanches and Miller Street in Barangay Bungad, San Francisco del Monte, Quezon City in this file photo. Some fruit-bearing trees are being studied as possible alternative to timber, the Department of Science and Technology said on Friday (May 27, 2022). (PNA file photo by Ben Briones) MANILA - The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is looking at fruit-bearing trees as possible alternatives to commercial timber due to the "insignificant movement of the wood during drying," Secretary Fortunato de la Pena said on Friday. "Old, fruit-bearing trees that abound in rural areas may help address the local wood industries' huge demand for raw materials. Many of these trees get uprooted whenever there are strong typhoons," de la Pena said in a taped report aired in the afternoon. The DOST's Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) stu

Department of scienceDevelopment instituteForest products researchFortunato de la penaProducts researchTo give wood and fruits quezon city task force street lighting personnel prunesa mango tree at the corner of sanches miller in barangay bungadSan francisco del monteUezon city in this file photo some fruit bearing trees are being studied as possible alternative to timberHe department of science and technology said on friday may 27022 pna file photo by ben briones manila the department of science and technology dost is looking at fruit bearing trees as possible alternatives to commercial timber due quot insignificant movement wood during dryingUot secretary fortunato de la pena said on friday quot oldRuit bearing trees that abound in rural areas may help address the local wood industries 39 huge demand for raw materials many of these get uprooted whenever there are strong typhoonsUot de la pena said ina taped report aired in the afternoon dost 39s forest products research and development institute fprdi studied physical mechanical properties of such trees as nangkaNd marang underutilized antipolo and batino trees were also studied quot all the fruit bearing species in study showed low to medium volumetric shrinkageNdicating insignificant movement of the wood during drying this is an important property when processing into high end products that need dimensional stabilityUot he said the fprdi suggested that wood from nangka