Natural resistance of plantation grown African mahogany (Khaya ivorensis and Khaya senegalensis) from Brazil to wood-rot fungi and subterranean termites

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 107, Issue , 2016, Pages 88-91

  França, Tâmara Suely Filgueira Amorim ^a   França, Frederico José Nistal ^a   Arango, Rachel A ^b   Woodward, Bessie M ^b   Arantes, Marina Donária Chaves ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fungal decay; Khaya ivorensis; Khaya senegalensis; Natural durability; Termite damage

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FUNGI; TIMBER; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FUNGAL DECAY; KHAYA IVORENSIS; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; NATURAL DURABILITY; TERMITE DAMAGE;

DURABILITY;

FUNGUS; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PLANTATION; TERMITE; TREE; WOOD;

BRAZIL; DURABILITY; FORESTS; KHAYA; PLANTATIONS; TERMITES; WOOD PROPERTIES;

BRAZIL;

FUNGI; ISOPTERA; KHAYA; KHAYA IVORENSIS; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; RHINOTERMITIDAE; SERPULA LACRYMANS; SWIETENIA;

EID: 84949972311     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2015.11.009     Document Type: Article

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