Post-harvest chemical staining in blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon R. Br.)

Holzforschung

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 230-236

  Barry, Karen M ^a   Davies, Noel W ^b   Mohammed, Caroline L ^a   Beadle, Christopher L ^a  

^a CRC for Sustainable Prod Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia sp.; Microorganism; Phenols; Stain; Veneer

Indexed keywords

HARVESTERS; PH; SAWMILLS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL STAINING;

WOOD;

ACACIA MELANOXYLON; HARVESTING; PH; SAW MILLS; STAIN; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA;

ACACIA; ACACIA MELANOXYLON; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MILETINAE;

EID: 0037645772     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2003.035     Document Type: Article

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