Decay resistance, extractive content, and water sorption capacity of Siberian larch (Larix sibirica Lebed.) heartwood timber

Holzforschung

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-103

  Venäläinen, Martti ^a   Harju, Anni M ^a   Terziev, Nasko ^b   Laakso, Tapio ^a   Saranpää, Pekka ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arabinogalactans; Decay resistance; Extractives; Flavonoids; Folin Ciocalteu; Heartwood; Hygroscopicity; Larix sibirica; Moisture content; Taxifolin

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); FUNGI; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; TIMBER; WOOD PRODUCTS;

DRY MASS; HEARTWOOD; NEGATIVE CORRELATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABINOGALACTANS; DECAY; DECAY RESISTANCE; FLAVONOIDS; FORESTS; FUNGI; LARIX SIBIRICA; PLANTS; TAXIFOLIN; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CONIOPHORA PUTEANA; FUNGI; GLOEOPHYLLUM TRABEUM; LARIX; LARIX SIBIRICA; PORIA PLACENTA;

EID: 31144457919     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2006.017     Document Type: Article

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