Brown-rot decay of copper-impregnated wood

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-14

  Humar, Miha ^a   Bučar, Bojan ^a   Pohleven, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Antrodia vaillantii; Copper tolerance; FTIR; Gloeophyllum trabeum; Modulus of elasticity; Nondestructive testing; Picea abies; Wood decay fungi; Wood preservatives

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELASTIC MODULI; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNGI; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

ANTRODIA VAILLANTII; COPPER TOLERANCE; COPPER-BASED PRESERVATIVES; GLOEOPHYLLUM TRABEUM; WOOD DECAY FUNGI;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNGAL DISEASE; WOOD;

BROWN ROT FUNGI; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DECAY; PICEA ABIES; SOLUTIONS; WOOD PRESERVATIVES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ANTRODIA VAILLANTII; FUNGI; GLOEOPHYLLUM TRABEUM; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33746387825     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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