Nanoparticles for the controlled release of fungicides in wood: Soil jar studies using G. Trabeum and T. Versicolor wood decay fungi

Holzforschung

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-139

  Liu, Y ^a   Laks, P ^a   Heiden, P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled release; Fungicides; Nanoparticles; Wood decay fungi; Wood preservation

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDES; LUMBER; SOILS;

SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE (SYP);

WOOD;

FUNGICIDES; LUMBER; SOIL; WOOD;

FUNGI; GLOEOPHYLLUM; GLOEOPHYLLUM TRABEUM; PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 0037232013     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2003.021     Document Type: Article

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