Copper tolerance of brown-rot fungi: Time course of oxalic acid production

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-149

  Green III, Frederick ^a   Clausen, Carol A ^a  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammoniacal copper citrate; Brown rot fungi; Copper tolerance; Oxalic acid

Indexed keywords

COPPER TOLERANCE;

COPPER; ORGANIC ACIDS; WOOD PRESERVATION;

FUNGI;

COPPER; FUNGAL DISEASE; OXALIC ACID; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; TOLERANCE;

BROWN ROT FUNGI; COPPER; OXALIC ACID; WOOD PRESERVATIVES;

ANTRODIA; CONIOPHORA; FUNGI; GLOEOPHYLLUM; LAETIPORUS; MERULIPORIA; PINUS ECHINATA; POSTIA; TYROMYCES; WOLFIPORIA;

EID: 0037229713     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-8305(02)00099-9     Document Type: Article

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