Decaying wood plays an important role in forest biodiversity, nutrient cycling and carbon balance. Community structure of wood-inhabiting fungi changes with mass loss of wood, but the relationship between substrate quality and decomposers is poorly understood. This limits the extent to which these ecosystem services can be effectively managed. We studied the fungal community and physico-chemica...

Most of the cross-arms of the 275 KV and 123 KV transmission lines in Malaysia and certain countries are using hard wood especially from chengal species. Due to natural weathering this wooden cross-arms is degraded and decayed. For safety reason there is a need for a simple, light, and accurate non-destructive decay detection. In this project the microwave reflection technique and ultrasonic me...

The laccate (shiny or varnished) Ganoderma contain fungi that are important wood decay fungi of living trees and decomposers of woody debris. They are also an important group of fungi for their degradative enzymes and bioprocessing potential. Laboratory decay microcosms (LDMs) were used to study the relative decay ability of G anoderma curtisii, Ganoderma meredithiae, Ganoderma sessile, and G a...