Decay resistance of acetylated and hexanoylated hardwood and softwood species exposed to Coniophora puteana

Holzforschung

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 619-625

  Hill, Callum A S ^a   Curling, Simon F ^a   Kwon, Jin H ^b   Marty, Virginie ^c  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Brown rot; Coniophora puteana; Decay resistance; Hexanoylation

Indexed keywords

BROWN ROT; BROWN ROT FUNGI; CELL WALLS; CONIOPHORA PUTEANA; DECAY RESISTANCE; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; EUROPEAN BEECH; FAGUS SYLVATICA; HEXANOIC ANHYDRIDE; HEXANOYLATION; HYDROXYL SUBSTITUTION; LARIX KAEMPFERI; QUERCUS; WEIGHT PERCENTAGE GAINS; WHITE OAK;

ACETYLATION; CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; HARDWOODS; SOFTWOODS;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

ACETYLATION; BROWN ROT FUNGI; CELLS; DECAY; DECAY RESISTANCE; HARDWOODS; MEMBRANES; SOFTWOODS;

CONIOPHORA PUTEANA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FUNGI; LARIX; LARIX KAEMPFERI; PINUS KORAIENSIS; PSEUDOLARIX KAEMPFERI; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS ALIENA;

EID: 68849120224     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2009.124     Document Type: Article

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