Biodeterioration of treated Pinus radiata timber by Australian decay fungi and the termite Coptotermes acinaciformis in laboratory bioassays and field conditions

Holzforschung

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-213

  Przewloka, Simon R ^a   Ahmed, Berhan ^a   Vinden, Peter ^a   French, John ^b   Hann, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coptotermes acinaciformis; Decay fungi; Fipronil; Pinus radiata; Trimethyl borate; Wood preservatives

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FUNGI; TIMBER; WAXES; WOOD PRESERVATION;

BIODETERIORATION; COPTOTERMES ACINACIFORMIS; DECAY FUNGI; WATER REPELLENT;

WOOD;

BORON; FORESTS; FUNGI; FUNGICIDES; PINUS RADIATA; SOFTWOOD PULPS; WOOD PRESERVATIVES;

CONIOPHORA OLIVACEA; COPTOTERMES ACINACIFORMIS; FOMITOPSIS; FUNGI; GLOEOPHYLLUM ABIETINUM; ISOPTERA; PERENNIPORIA; PINUS RADIATA; RHINOTERMITIDAE; SERPULA LACRYMANS;

EID: 33947212407     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2007.036     Document Type: Article

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