Effects of nano-sized zinc oxide and zinc borate impregnation on brown rot resistance of black pine (Pinus nigra L.) wood

Wood Material Science and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 242-244

  Lykidis, Charalampos ^a   Mantanis, George ^b   Adamopoulos, Stergios ^b   Kalafata, Konstantina ^c   Arabatzis, Ioannis ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^c NanoPhos SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

brown rot; Coniophora puteana; nanoparticles; Pinus nigra L.; wood impregnation; zinc borate; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

BROWN ROT; CONIOPHORA PUTEANA; PINUS NIGRA; WOOD IMPREGNATION; ZINC BORATE;

IMPREGNATION; NANOPARTICLES; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

WOOD;

BROWN ROT FUNGI; IMPREGNATION; PINUS NIGRA; WOOD; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84887209687     PISSN: 17480272     EISSN: 17480280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480272.2013.834969     Document Type: Article

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