Microbial growth in buildings may evoke respiratory and other symptoms in the occupants and promote decay of construction materials. The decay in wood is usually caused by dry-rot fungus, leading to the decomposition of cellulose and lignin. There are also some mold fungi and bacteria that can use wood as a nutrient. In this study, two trained dogs were used to detect microbial growth present i...

Studies on the durability and dimensional stability of a series of hardwoods and softwoods after thermal modification in vegetable oils and in steam atmospheres have been performed. Mass loss after exposure to Coniophora puteana (BAM Ebw.15) for 16 weeks was very low for European birch, European aspen, Norway spruce, and Scots pine thermally modified in a linseed oil product with preservative (...

Abstract Nowadays, taking into account environmental degradation, climate changes, as well as, environmentally friendly regulations and increasing ecological awareness of consumers, methods wood protection without negative impact on the environment are being intensively developed. In this study, a mixture chitosan caffeine was proposed preservative. The aim research to evaluate application (med...

Organik bir malzeme olan odun, odun tahripçisi organizmalar tarafından bozundurulmakta ve tahrip edilebilmektedir. Bu amaçla geçmişten günümüze kadar birçok emprenye maddesi geliştirilmiş halen de geliştirilmeye devam etmektedir. çalışmada, sarıçam örnekleri %0,25, 0,5, 1, 1,5 2,5 konsantrasyon seviyesinde çinko klorür (ZnCl2), nano seryum oksit (CeO2), (ZnO) bakır II sülfat (CuSO4) ile edilere...

Serpula himantioides is a wood-decaying fungal pathogen which widespread and causes potentially serious butt rot in living trees of numerous coniferous plantation species. This study aimed to quantify S. the wood Sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera) with using real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR). Species–specific primers were designed for internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) ...

Boron compounds in the form of boric acid, borax or disodiumoctaborate tetrahydrate have been used as insecticide, fungicide and fire retardant wood preservatives industry for decades. Also, copper is most commonly component relatively modern it highly effective against fungi. The objective this study was to investigate combustion decay resistance boron-copper based solutions which were develop...

Brown rot fungi belong to the wood-rotting fungi, which produce oxalic acid and actively decompose wood. We first found oxalates formed under action of brown in natural conditions on stone (Rogoselga adit, Karelia, Russia), proposed a model for their formation, confirmed hypothesis that frequent occurrence metal mines adits may be associated with activity these fungi. synthesized four species b...

Miscanthus, which is comprised of several different genotypes, is an important high-biomass crop with applications in the biofuel industry and in the formation of biocomposite materials. The overall composition of Miscanthus can be altered via degradation with wood rot fungi. The starting composition revealed that the cellulose content of Miscanthus x giganteus was higher than that in Miscanthu...