Dry rot and other wood-destroying fungi: Their occurrence, biology, pathology and control

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-20

  Singh, Jagjit ^a,b  

^a Envtl Building Solutions Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Building mycology; Dry rot; Environmental control; Himalayas; Moulds; Wet rot

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BUILDING MATERIAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMIDITY; INFESTATION; MICROCLIMATE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WOOD;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032926778     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024606     Document Type: Review

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