A comparative study on brown-rot fungus decay and subterranean termite resistance of thermally-modified and ACQ-C-treated wood

Holz als Roh - und Werkstoff

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 353-358

  Shi, Jun Li ^a   Kocaefe, Duygu ^b   Amburgey, Terry ^a   Zhang, Jilei ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; HEAT RESISTANCE; TERMITE RESISTANCE;

BROWN-ROT FUNGUS; FUNGUS DECAY; TERMITE ATTACK;

WOOD;

FUNGI; TERMITES; THERMAL RESISTANCE; WOOD;

EID: 34548649597     PISSN: 00183768     EISSN: 1436736X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00107-007-0178-4     Document Type: Article

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