Dendrochronological and anatomical lab of the Department of Wood Science and Technology

The dendrochronological and anatomical lab of the Department of Wood Science and Technology (FFWT MENDELU) – the equipment of the dendrochronological lab is at a high European standard and can be used for sampling and processing all dendrochronological materials from recent wood, historical buildings and constructions, archaeological wood, and subfossil trunks. Two specialized measuring tables TimeTable (TT-85-0-100/5 and TT-60-0-100/10), a stereomagnifier Nikon SMZ 660, Leica S6D, PAST4 dating application, WinDendro and CDendro 9.3.1. are used to measure wood samples. The equipment of the dendrochronological laboratory includes a manual Eschenbach light magnifier, a chainsaw, drills with specialised borers for wood sampling, WSL-Core-Microtome, disc and belt sanders, an electric plane, a band saw, and other devices. As far as software is concerned, the workplace not only has measuring and dating applications, but also applications for statistical processing of data and for the standardization of time series (ARSTAN, STATISTICA, COFECHA, DendroClim, dplR package). The anatomical laboratory is used for anatomical analyses. The laboratory has light microscopes for passing (Leica DMLS) and incident (Leica DM 2500M) light. Further, microtomes GSL1, Leica SM2000, and Leica RM2235 for microscopic sections are available. This shows that the workplace is technically well equipped to implement the presented project.