Staining ability of various sapstaining fungi on agar plates and on wood wafers

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 78-90

  Yang, Dian Qing ^a,b  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ATTACK; LUMBER; YEAST;

AGAR PLATES; SAPSTAIN; WOOD WAFERS;

WOOD;

EID: 0033220895     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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