Efficacy of CCA and Tanalith E treated pine fence to fungal decay after ten years in service

Wood Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-20

  Humar, Miha ^a   Pohleven, Franc ^a   Amartey, Sam ^b,d   Šentjurc, Marjeta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Buckinghamshire Chilterns Univ C   (United Kingdom)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brown rot fungi; CCA; Copper tolerance; Tanalith E; Wood decay fungi; Wood preservation

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNGI; GROWTH KINETICS; SAMPLING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WOOD PRESERVATION; WOODEN FENCES;

CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE (CCA); COPPER TOLERANCE; FENCE PALINGS; TANALITH E; WOOD DECAY FUNGI;

FORESTRY;

BROWN ROT FUNGI; FORESTRY; FUNGI; GROWTH; POLLUTION CONTROL; SAMPLING; WOOD DECAY; WOOD PRESERVATION;

EID: 2442478596     PISSN: 00126136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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