Wood digestion in Pselactus spadix herbst - A weevil attacking marine timber structures

Biofouling

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 249-254

  Oevering, Pascal ^a   Pitman, Andrew J ^b   Pandey, Krishna K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^b BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Cossoninae; Curculionidae; FTIR spectroscopy analysis; Gravimetric analysis; Hemicellulose; Lignin; Wood digestion

Indexed keywords

PEST CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DIGESTION; SEAWATER; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WOOD;

COSSONINAE; CURCULIONIDAE; INSECTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PSELACTUS SPADIX;

EID: 0037380127     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0892701021000051635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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