Iodomethane as a methyl bromide alternative for prevention of non-microbial enzyme stain (gray stain) of hardwoods by log fumigation

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 88-90

  Schmidt, Elmer L ^a   Amburgey, Terry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Mississippi Forest Prod Laboratory   (United States)

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