Natural decay resistance of juvenile teak wood grown in high input plantations

Holzforschung

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 453-455

  Bhat, Kanthila Mahabala ^a   Florence, E J Maria ^a  

^a KERALA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Natural durability; Short rotation timber; Tectona grandis; White rot fungi

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); DURABILITY; FERTILIZERS; FUNGI; GROWTH (MATERIALS); STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER; TROPICS;

JUVENILE TEAK WOOD; NATURAL DECAY RESISTANCE; TECTONA GRANDIS;

WOOD;

DECAY RESISTANCE; DURABILITY; FERTILIZERS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; GROWTH; HEART WOOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SUSTAINED YIELD; TECTONA; TROPICS; WHITE ROT FUNGI;

FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE; TECTONA; TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 0141518427     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2003.067     Document Type: Article

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