Publications

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Peer-Reviewed Papers

1. Obataya E., Kitin P., Yamauchi H. Bending characteristics of bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) with respect to its fiber-foam composite structure. Wood Science and Technology, 41, 385-400 (2007).
2. Kitin P., Iliev I., Scaltsoyiannes A., Nellas C., Rubos A., Funada R. A comparative histological study between normal and fasciated shoots of Prunus avium L. generated in vitro, Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 82, 141-150 (2005).
3. Kitin P., Abe H., Fujii T. Characterization of wood structure by confocal microscopy and SEM. In: Tanaka R. and Cheng L.H. eds. Lignocellulose: Materials for the Future from the Tropics. Japan International Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) Working Report No. 39, 285-287 (2005).
4. Abe H., Itoh S., Shibata M., Ogata K., Kitin P., Fujii T. Tree species of timber imported to Japan from Southeast Asia. In: Tanaka R. and Cheng L.H. eds. Lignocellulose: Materials for the Future from the Tropics. Japan International Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) Working Report No. 39, 251-253 (2005).
5. Kitin P.B., Fujii T., Abe H., Funada R. Anatomy of the vessel network within and between tree rings of Fraxinus lanuginosa (Oleaceae), American Journal of Botany, 91, 779-788 (2004).
6. Iliev I., Rubos A., Scaltsoyiannes A., Nellas C., Kitin P. Anatomical study of in vitro obtained fasciated shoots of Betula pendula Roth, Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 616, 481-484. (2003). (http://www.actahort.org/books/616/616_76.htm)
7. Kitin P., Sano Y., Funada R.: Three-dimensional imaging and analysis of differentiating secondary xylem by confocal microscopy. International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA) Journal, 24, 211-222 (2003).
8. Kitin P., Sano Y., Funada R.: Fusiform cells in the cambium of Kalopanax pictus are exclusively mononucleate, Journal of Experimental Botany, 53, 483-488 (2002).
9. Funada R., Miura H., Shibagaki M., Furusawa O., Miura T., Fukatsu E., Kitin P.: Involvement of localized cortical microtubules in the formation of a modified structure of wood, Journal of Plant Research, 114, 491-497 (2001).
10. Kitin P., Sano Y., Funada R.: Analysis of cambium and differentiating vessel elements in Kalopanax pictus using resin cast replicas, International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA) Journal, 22, 15-28 (2001).
11. Iliev I., Kitin P., Funada R.: Morphological and anatomical study on in vitro root formation of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.), Propagation of Ornamental Plants, 1, 10-19 (2001).
12. Kitin P., Funada R., Sano Y., Ohtani J.: Analysis by confocal microscopy of the structure of cambium in the hardwood Kalopanax pictus, Annals of Botany, 86, 1109-1117 (2000).
13. Kitin P., Funada R., Sano Y., Beeckman H., Ohtani J.: Variations in the lengths of fusiform cambial cells and vessel elements in Kalopanax pictus, Annals of Botany, 84, 621-632 (1999).
14. Jansen S., Kitin P., de Pauw H., Idris M., Beeckman H., Smets E.: Preparation of wood specimens for transmitted light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, Belgian Journal of Botany, 131, 41-49 (1998).
15. Pavlov D., Tashev A., Kitin P., Dimitrov M.: Secondary succession of vegetation after wind damage in Piceetum Calamagrostoso-myrtillosum association, Forestry Ideas, 2, 3-17 (1996). [Bulgarian, English summary]
16. Batov I., Kitin P.: Laser biostimulation of mulberry (Morus alba L.) mature cuttings, Nauka za Gorata (Forest Science), 32, 3-11 (1995).
17. Batov I., Kitin P.: Results of influence of a laser on mature cuttings of false acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia L.), Nauka za Gorata (Forest Science), 30, 10-21 (1993). [Bulgarian, English summary]
18. Kitin P.: Dynamics of the cambial divisions in the early and late flushing forms of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L. f. praecox Czern. and Quercus robur L. f. tardiflora Czern.) grown in Sofia, Nauka za Gorata (Forest Science), 27, 3-13 (1990). [Bulgarian, English summary]

Book chapters

1. Kitin P., Takata K., Ueno Y., Terazawa M. Development and structure of bark in the stem of Betula maximowizcianaRegel. In: Terazawa M. ed. Tree Sap III. Hokkaido University Press, 99-112 (2006).

Published Proceedings/Conferences: Contributions

• Kitin P., Takata K. Structure and interfaces between secondary xylem, cambium and phloem. International Conference on Plant Vascular Biology 2007, Program and Abstract Book p. 20, Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan (2007).
• Kitin P., Takata K., Sanda S., Hoshizaki K., Makita A., Kobayashi K. Observation of a modified wood structure formed after the strong typhoons in 1991 and 2004 in Akita Prefecture. Abstracts of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Akita (2006).
• Kitin P., Fujii T., Abe H., Takata K. Exploring the three-dimensional structure of transport pathways in wood - What can different microscopy methods help? 6th Pacific Regional Wood Anatomy Conference, Kyoto, Japan, Dec. 1-5, 2005, Abstracts, 58-59 (2005). (invited paper).
• Kitin P., Fujii T., Abe H., Takata K. Radial pathways for transport of substances in wood. IAWPS 2005 International Symposium on Wood Science and Technology. Pacifico, Yokohama, Japan, Nov. 27-30, 2005, Oral Presentations, 29-30 (2005).
• Terazawa M., Ueno Y., Tamai Y., Takata K., Kitin P. Chemical constituents of Salacia reticulata. XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria, Paper No. 4.17.6. (2005). (www.ibc2005.ac.at)
• Kitin P., Takata K., Terazawa M., Tamai Y. Secondary growth and formation of included phloem in stem of Salacia reticulata Wight. XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria, Paper No. 5.4.4. (2005). (www.ibc2005.ac.at)
• Kitin P., Takata K., Fujii T., Abe H. How is water transported across growth rings in Cryptomeria japonica? Abstracts of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Kyoto (2005).
• Kitin P., Ueno Y., Terazawa M., Takata K., Iiev I. Development and structure of bark in some Betula species. Third International Symposium on Sap Utilization (ISSU) in Bifuka 2005. Bifuka, Hokkaido, Japan, April 15－21 (2005).
• Milev M., Kitin P., Takata K., Iliev I., Nakada R. The introduction of Larix in Bulgaria - adaptation, growth and utilization. IUFRO International Symposium Larix 2004. IUFRO Working Party S2.02-07 Larch Breeding and Genetic Resources, 26 Sept. 1 Oct., Kyoto & Nagano, Japan. Abstracts, p. 50 (2004).
• Kitin P., Beeckman H., Fujii T., Funada R., Abe H. The xylem parenchyma with disjunctive cell walls - its occurrence and morphology revealed by SEM and confocal microscopy. International Symposium on Wood Sciences. Proceedings p. 31, IAWS, IAWA, CIRAD, Montpellier (2004).
• Kitin P., Fujii T., Abe H., Takata K. Visualization of the water pathways in wood by microcasting with SEM and by confocal microscopy. International Symposium on Wood Sciences. Proceedings p. 31-32, IAWS, IAWA, CIRAD, Montpellier (2004).
• Kitin P., Takata K., Fujii T., Abe H. Radial pathways for gas and liquid conduction in xylem of some softwoods and hardwoods. Abstracts of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society p. 485, Sapporo (2004).
• Kitin P., Funada R., Fujii T., Abe H. Micromorphology of xylem cell walls in different developmental stages - application of resin casting and confocal microscopy, Characterization of the Cellulosic Cell Wall Workshop, 25-27 August 2003, Grand Lake, Colorado, USA, Society of Wood Science and Technology (2003).
• Kitin P., Fujii T., Abe H, Funada R. Anatomical analysis of the vessel network in some ring-porous hardwoods, Proceedings of the 4th Plant Biomechanics Conference, 20-25 July 2003, East Lansing, Michigan, USA (2003).
• Kitin P., Funada R., Fujii T., Abe H. Structure of cambium and differentiating xylem cells: The application of confocal microscopy and resin casting with SEM, Abstracts IAWA Pan-American Regional Group Meeting, Portland, July 2003, International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA) Journal, 24, 320 (2003).
• Kitin P., Fujii T., Funada R. Visualization of the three-dimensional structure of vessels and vessel-associated cells by resin casting and by confocal microscopy, In: Lee HH and Jang SS (eds.), Proceedings of the IAWPS 2003 International Conference on Forest Products - Better Utilization of Wood for Human, Earth and Future - Daejeon, South Korea, Vol. 1, 445-449 (2003). (www.fagus.net/kitinpapers/Kitin_Fujii_Funada.doc)
• Kitin P., Fujii T., Abe H.: Anatomical study on the continuum of vessel network across annual ring boundaries in Fraxinus and Populus, Abstracts of the 53th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Fukuoka (2003). (www.fagus.net/kitinpapers/fukuoka03.pdf)
• Kitin P., Funada R., Fujii T.: Cambial activity and new vessel element formation in Kalopanax pictus analyzed by confocal microscopy, Abstracts of the Fifth Pacific Region Wood Anatomy Conference, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, September 9-14, 2002, IAWA Journal 23, 468-469 (2002).
• Kitin P., Fujii T., Abe H., Funada R.: Vessel architecture in the secondary xylem of Fraxinus lanuginosa, Abstracts of the 52th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Gifu (2002)
• Kitin P., Funada R., Sano Y., Fujikawa S.: Novel methods for research of the structure of cambium, Third Balkan Scientific Conference - Study, Conservation and Utilization of Forest Resources, Sofia, 2-6 October (2001).
• Funada R., Iwatate-Suzuki T., Utsumi Y., Suzuki T., Kitin P., Sano Y.: Formation of new vessel elements in the ring-porous hardwoods in springtime in relation to water transport, Tree Rings and People - An International Conference on the Future of Dendrochronology - A tribute to Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Davos, Switzerland, September (2001). (http://www.wsl.ch/forest/dendro2001/abstracts/abs138.ehtml)
• Kitin P., Funada R.: Analysis of tree ring growth and cell structure on free-hand sections by confocal microscopy, Tree Rings and People - An International Conference on the Future of Dendrochronology - A tribute to Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Davos, Switzerland, September (2001). (http://www.wsl.ch/forest/dendro2001/abstracts/ext139.pdf)
• Kitin P., Funada R., Sano Y., Fujikawa S.: The three-dimensional structure of cambium in the hardwood Kalopanax pictus, Abstracts of the 51th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Tokyo (2001).
• Kitin P., Funada R., Sano Y., Ohtani J.: Differentiating xylem elements of Kalopanax pictus observed by the resin-casting method, Abstracts of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Kyoto (2000).
• Kitin P., Funada R., Sano Y., Ohtani J.: Application of confocal laser scanning microscopy to visualize the structure of the cambium, Abstracts of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Tokyo (1999).
• Kitin P., Funada R., Sano Y., Ohtani J.: Variation in the length of fusiform cambial cells and vessel elements in Kalopanax pictus Nakai. Abstracts of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Shizuoka (1998).
• Kitin P., Funada R., Ohtani J.: Reactivation of the cambium and initiation of vessel formation in Cercidiphyllum japonicum Sieb. et Zucc. Abstracts of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Kouchi (1997).
• Kitin P., Ohtani J., Funada R., Beeckman H.: Morphology and arrangement of disjunctive parenchyma cells in Okoubaka aubrevillei (Santalaceae), Abstracts of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Kumamoto (1996).
• Iliev N., Kitin P., Iliev I.: Anatomical investigation on the vitrification in microcuttings from Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) Buchh, In: Iliev I., Zhelev P., Aleksandrov P. (eds.) International Plant Propagators in Bulgaria - Propagation of Ornamental Plants - Vol. 2, Sofia, Higher Institute of Forestry, 213-218 (1996). [Bulgarian, English summary]
• Kitin P., Pencheva A.: Studies on the damage caused by scale insects (Homoptera, Coccinea) in green houses, In: Brezin V., Yovkov I., Dinkov B., Pavlova E., Vasilev V., Draganova I. (eds.) 70 years Forestry Education in Bulgaria, Vol. 3., Sofia, Higher Institute of Forestry, 414-422 (1995). [Bulgarian, English summary]
• Bluskova G., Kitin P., Beeckman H., Brezin V.: Structure, properties and possibilities for the utilization of the wood of Okoubaka aubrevillei Pellegr. et Normand (Santalaceae), In: Brezin V., Yovkov I., Dinkov B., Pavlova E., Vasilev V., Draganova I. (eds.) 70 years Forestry Education in Bulgaria, Vol. 2, Sofia, Higher Institute of Forestry, 228-230 (1995).
• Vakarelov I., Kitin P.: The phyllotaxis and resin duct system in the genus Pinus, In: Brezin V., Yovkov I., Dinkov B., Pavlova E., Vasilev V., Draganova I. (eds.) 70 years Forestry Education in Bulgaria, Vol. 1, Sofia, Higher Institute of Forestry, 83-87 (1995). [Bulgarian, English summary]
• Pavlov D., Tashev A., Kitin P., Karamanoleva S.: Secondary succession of vegetation after a wind damage in Pinetum Piceeto- myrtillosum association, In: Brezin V., Yovkov I., Dinkov B., Pavlova E, Vasilev V., Draganova I. (eds.) 70 years Forestry Education in Bulgaria, Vol. 1, Sofia, Higher Institute of Forestry, 76-82 (1995). [Bulgarian, English summary]
• Batov I., Kuznetzova E., Tihonov A., Kitin P., Kuznetzova L., Harchenko V.: Biophysical studies on the photosynthetic capacity of chloroplasts located in the bark of mature stem cuttings of hardwood species. In: Brezin V., Yovkov I., Dinkov B., Pavlova E., Vasilev V., Draganova I. (eds.) 70 years Forestry Education in Bulgaria, Vol. 1, Sofia, Higher Institute of Forestry, 19-24 (1995). [Bulgarian, English summary]
• Batov I., Kitin P.: Study on the strength properties of black locust wood (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) applied in the construction of railway sleepers, In: Tsankov G, Bojinov H, Bogdanov B (eds.) Proceedings of Jubilee Symposium - 125 years Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and 65 years Institute of Forests - Sofia, PSSA, 317-321 (1995). [Bulgarian, English summary]
• Vassileva I., Kitin P.: Secondary succession of vegetation in stone-quarry sites near Sofia, In: Tsankov G., Bojinov H., Bogdanov B. (eds.) Proceedings of Jubilee Symposium - 125 years Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and 65 years Institute of Forests - Sofia, PSSA, 294-298 (1995). [Bulgarian, English summary]
• Batov I., Kitin P., Kyuchoukov B.: Structural damage of black locust wood (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in shear tests, In: Tzankov G., Iliev S., Bojinov B., Bogdanov B., Zhelev P. (eds.) Proceedings of Jubilee Symposium - 100 years from Birthday of Academic Boris Stephanov (1894-1979) - Vol. 1, Sofia, PSSA, 144-149 (1994). [Bulgarian, English summary]
• Batov I., Kitin P.: Bioenergetics of laser stimulation of rooting in vine (Vitis vinifera L.) cuttings, In: Bogdanov B., Denkova S., Aleksandrov P., Zhelev P. (eds.) International Plant Propagators in Bulgaria - Propagation of Ornamental Plants - Vol. 1, Sofia, Higher Institute of Forestry, 114-120 (1994).