Although many outlets are available for the utilization of wood fines, economical disposal of sawdust, shavings, and waste chips remains a problem of growing concern to the wood industry. This report summarizes current uses for wood residues and provides sources of further information on available outlets, processing methods, and economic considerations. USES FOR SAWDUST, SHAVINGS, AND WASTE CHIPS

Pleurotus ostreatus is frequently used in molecular genetics and genomic studies on white-rot fungi because various genetic tools relatively well-annotated genome databases are available. To explore the mechanisms underlying wood lignin degradation by P. ostreatus, we performed mutational analysis of a newly isolated mutant UVRM28 that exhibits decreased lignin-degrading ability beech sawdust m...

We compared two adjacent mature forest ecosystem types (spruce vs. beech) to unravel the fate of assimilated carbon (C) and the cycling of organic and inorganic nitrogen (N) without the risk of the confounding influences of climatic and site differences when comparing different sites. The stock of C in biomass was higher (258 t·ha−1) in the older (150 years) beech stand compared to the younger ...

Leaf-level photosynthetic-light response and plant-level daily carbon gain were estimated for seedlings of moderately shade-tolerant yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britton) and shade-tolerant sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) and beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) growing in gaps and under a closed canopy in a sugar maple stand at Duchesnay, Que. All three species had a higher photosyntheti...

Frequency and intensity of heat waves and drought events are expected to increase in Europe due to climate change. European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is one of the most important native tree species in Europe. Beech populations originating throughout its native range were selected for common-garden experiments with the aim to determine whether there are functional variations in drought stress ...

Cotton is one of the most important fibre plants with much more products being manufactured from it than most other fibre . Apart from fibre, it is used for explosives, cottonwool, etc, and the seed is used principally for the manufacture of oil, soap, animal feed and fertilizers, producing practically no waste. To determine the effective sawdust concentration to inhibit the growth of Rhizocton...

Lentinus edodes (Berk.), the shiitake mushroom, is worldwide one of the most widely cultivated mushrooms. Sawdust is the most popular basal ingredient used in synthetic substrate formulations for producing shiitake spawn. However, the best sawdust for this uses needs to be determined. Shiitake mushroom was cultivated on sawdust from the woody plants Babla (Acacia nilotica L.), Champa (Michelia ...