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Wood Microbiology: Decay and Its Prevention [Hardcover]

Robert A. Zabel (Author), Jeffrey J. Morrell (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: June 12, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0127752102 | ISBN-13: 978-0127752105 | Edition: 1

An in-depth examination of deterioration caused by fungi and other
microorganisms, Wood Microbiology explores the major damages to wood and wood products during growth, harvesting, storage, and conversion to finished lumber. The characteristics, causes, detection, effects, and control measures for wood damage are stressed.

Key Features
* Reviews characteristics, classification, and metabolism of fungi responsible for wood deterioration and discoloration
* Examines the anatomical, structural, and chemical features of decay
* Covers effects of decay on physical and structural properties of wood
* Presents methods for preventing biodegradation and for preserving wood
* Extensively classroom tested--suitable for a two-quarter or one-semester course
* Each chapter contains a summary and detailed references

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microorganisms, Wood Microbiology explores the major damages to wood and wood products during growth, harvesting, storage, and conversion to finished lumber. The characteristics, causes, detection, effects, and control measures for wood damage are stressed.

Key Features
* Reviews characteristics, classification, and metabolism of fungi responsible for wood deterioration and discoloration
* Examines the anatomical, structural, and chemical features of decay
* Covers effects of decay on physical and structural properties of wood
* Presents methods for preventing biodegradation and for preserving wood
* Extensively classroom tested--suitable for a two-quarter or one-semester course
* Each chapter contains a summary and detailed references

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An in-depth examination of deterioration caused by fungi and other microorganisms, Wood Microbiology explores the major damages to wood and wood products during growth, harvesting, storage, and conversion to finished lumber. The characteristics, causes, detection, effects, and control measures of wood damage are stressed.
Key Features
* Reviews characteristics, classification, and metabolism of fungi responsible for wood deterioration and discoloration
* Examines the anatomical, structural, and chemical features of decay
* Covers effects of decay on physical and structural properties of wood
* Presents methods for preventing biodegradation and for preserving wood
* Extensively classroom tested--suitable for a two-quarter or one-semester course
* Each chapter contains a summary and detailed references

Product Details

Hardcover: 476 pages
Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (June 12, 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0127752102
ISBN-13: 978-0127752105
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,117,366 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This textbook focuses primarily on the damaging decays and discolorations that fungi may cause to wood under some conditions of use. Read the first page

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wood pathology, new wood preservatives, perfect spores, pretreatment decay, southern pine utility poles, general control practices, utility pole decay, southern pine poles, pulpwood bolts, sap rots, wood microbiology, southern pine pulpwood, western red cedar poles, wood permeability, oxidative stains, decay detection, decay hazard, heartwood extractives, heartwood zones, biodeterioration problems, decay capabilities, wood discoloration, decay development, toxic extractives, decay fungi

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New York, United States, Wood Science, Forest Service, Proceedings of the American Wood, Academic Press, International Research Group, Technical Bulletin, Canadian Journal of Botany, Syracuse University Press, John Wiley, North America, Annual Review of Phytopathology, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Forest Science, Journal of Agricultural Research, Pacific Northwest, Fungi Imperfecti, Journal of Forestry, American Type Culture Collection, San Francisco, University of Washington Press

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Textbook of Wood Technology: Structure, Identification, Properties, and Uses of the Commercial Woods of the United States and Canada (McGraw-Hill series in forest resources) (v. 1) by A.J. Panshin on 5 pages
Ainsworth and Bisby's Dictionary of Fungi by P. M. Kirk on page 15, and page 88
North American Polypores: 2 Volumes by R. L. Gilbertson on page 88, and page 303
Biology of Plants by Peter H. Raven on page 87, and page 135
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (Vol. 2) by John G. Holt on page 82, and page 89

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Wood Deterioration and Preservation: Advances in Our Changing World (Acs Symposium Series) by Barry Goodell on page 335, and page 419
The Fungi, Second Edition by Michael J. Carlile on page 365
The Fungi, Second Edition by Michael J. Carlile on page 365
Plant Pathology, Fourth Edition by George N. Agrios on page 416
Wood Modification: Chemical, Thermal and Other Processes (Wiley Series in Renewable Resource) by Callum A. S. Hill in Back Matter

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