Journal
FORESTS
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/f12050542
Keywords
bluestain; cosmetic wood stain; gfp transformed fungus; integrated bio-protection; sawn timber
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- Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE), Wellington, New Zealand
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An environmentally compatible method for controlling sapstain fungi in wood was evaluated using a combination of chitosan and an albino strain of Trichoderma harzianum. The synergy between chitosan and the biological control agent (BCA) was evident, providing protection against certain fungi. The limited ability of chitosan to penetrate deeply into the wood was compensated by the fast growth of T. harzianum in the inner wood.
An environmentally compatible method for controlling sapstain fungi in wood was evaluated, using a combination of chitosan and an albino strain of Trichoderma harzianum, a biological control agent (BCA). The growth and penetration into the wood of the sapstain fungi Ophiostoma piceae, Leptographium procerum, and Sphaeropsis sapinea were assessed in radiata pine wafers treated with chitosan and BCA, both alone and in combination. Several mycological and microscopic techniques were used, including a gfp (green fluorescent protein) transformed strain of O. piceae for assessing the depth of penetration in the wood samples. The synergy between the chitosan and BCA was evident, and for two tested fungi, only the combination of chitosan and BCA afforded protection. The synnemata (recognized by erect conidiogenous cells bearing conidia) was observed on the surface of the wafers inoculated with L. procerum and O. piceae, but the hyphae were unable to penetrate and melanise. The results suggest that the limited ability of chitosan to penetrate deeply into the wood was compensated by the fast growth of T. harzianum in the inner wood.
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