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HOLZFORSCHUNG
Volume 63, Issue 3, Pages 371-378Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2009.051
Keywords
brown rot; cell wall bulking; DMDHEU; fungal colonization; white rot; wood decay; wood modification
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- German Science Foundation (DFG)
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The resistance of beech and pine wood blocks treated with 1,3-dimethylol-4,5-dihydroxyethylene urea (DMDHEU) against Trametes versicolor and Coniophora puteana increased with increasing weight percent gain (WPG) of DMDHEU. Full protection [mass loss (ML) below 3%] was reached at WPGs of approximately 15% (beech) and 10% (pine). Untreated and DMDHEU treated blocks were infiltrated with nutrients and thiamine prior to fungal incubation and it was observed whether the destruction or removal of nutrients and vitamins during the modification process has an influence on the ML caused by the fungi. This study revealed that no considerable differences were found. Then, the cell wall integrity was partly destroyed by milling and the decay of the fine wood powder filled into steel mesh bags was compared to that of wood mini-blocks. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the effects of surface area, cell wall bulking, and reduction in micro-void diameters play a role in decay resistance. The ML caused by the fungi, however, also decreased with increasing WPG and showed comparable patterns similar to the case of mini-blocks. ML of powder bearing the highest WPG appeared to be caused by losses in DMDHEU during fungal incubation. For brown rotted wood, the infrared absorption ratios at 1030 cm(-1) and 1505 cm(-1) revealed decreasing decay of polysaccharides with increasing WPG of treated wood.
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