Effects of heartwood extractive fractions of Thuja plicata and Chamaecyparis nootkatensis on wood degradation by termites or fungi

Journal of Wood Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-153

  Taylor, Adam M ^a   Gartner, Barbara L ^a   Morrell, Jeffrey J ^a   Tsunoda, K ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alaska cedar; Coptotermes formosanus; Postia placenta; Western red cedar

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; FUNGI; METHANOL;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; METHANOL-SOLUBLE EXTRACTIVES; POSTIA PLACENTA;

WOOD;

EXTRACTIVES; HEART WOOD; LOPHIRA; METHANOL; THUJA PLICATA;

CALLITROPSIS NOOTKATENSIS; CHAMAECYPARIS; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; POSTIA PLACENTA; RHINOTERMITIDAE; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 33645774684     PISSN: 14350211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10086-005-0743-6     Document Type: Article

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