Decay resistance of anhydride-modified Corsican pine sapwood exposed to the brown rot fungus Coniophora puteana

Holzforschung

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 625-629

  Hill, Callum A S ^a   Hale, Michael D ^a   Ormondroyd, Graham A ^a   Kwon, Jin H ^b   Forster, Simon C ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c Arch Timber Protection ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Coniophora puteana; Decay protection threshold; Decay resistance; Hexanoylation; Hydroxyl substitution

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); FORESTRY; FUNGUS RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

DECAY PROTECTION THRESHOLD; HEXANOYLATION; HYDROXYL SUBSTITUTION;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

BROWN ROT FUNGI; DECAY RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PINUS NIGRA; SAP WOOD;

CONIOPHORA PUTEANA; FUNGI; PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 33845428517     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2006.105     Document Type: Article

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