The wood preservative potentials of heartwood extracts of Milicia excelsa and Erythrophleum suaveolens

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-173

  Onuorah, Eugene O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Decay fungi; Efficacy; Erythrophleum suaveolens; Heartwood extracts; Lenzites trabea; Milicia excelsa; Polyporous versicolor; Suppression of attack; Vacuum pressure treatment

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; FUNGUS ATTACK; FUNGUS PROTECTION; IMPREGNATION; METHANOL; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; WOOD PRESERVATION;

HEARTWOOD EXTRACTS; VACUUM PRESSURE TREATMENT;

WOOD CHEMICALS;

WOOD PROTECTING AGENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TREE; WOOD;

EID: 0034027270     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00165-0     Document Type: Article

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