Water relations in untreated and modified wood under brown-rot and white-rot decay
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Water relations in untreated and modified wood under brown-rot and white-rot decay. / Thybring, Emil Engelund.
I: International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, Bind 118, 2017, s. 134-142.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Water relations in untreated and modified wood under brown-rot and white-rot decay
AU - Thybring, Emil Engelund
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - One key requisite for fungal decay of wood is water within cell walls. While several reviews have focused on the mechanistic relationship between water and decay of wood, this study is the first review of water relations of decayed wood material. Based on a vast compilation of experimental data from several literature sources, the water relations of untreated and modified wood decayed by brown-rot and white-rot fungi are examined. The aim is to investigate to what extent observations and assumptions regarding brown-rot and white-rot decay can explain changes in water relations observed during and after decay. Although the available experimental data for modified wood is scarce, it indicates that brown-rot and white-rot decay of non-resistant modified wood occurs by similar degradation mechanisms with similar effects on water relations as for untreated wood. From simplistic, mathematical modelling, it is shown that changes in water relations during decay can be partly explained by accompanying changes in chemical composition and void volume.
AB - One key requisite for fungal decay of wood is water within cell walls. While several reviews have focused on the mechanistic relationship between water and decay of wood, this study is the first review of water relations of decayed wood material. Based on a vast compilation of experimental data from several literature sources, the water relations of untreated and modified wood decayed by brown-rot and white-rot fungi are examined. The aim is to investigate to what extent observations and assumptions regarding brown-rot and white-rot decay can explain changes in water relations observed during and after decay. Although the available experimental data for modified wood is scarce, it indicates that brown-rot and white-rot decay of non-resistant modified wood occurs by similar degradation mechanisms with similar effects on water relations as for untreated wood. From simplistic, mathematical modelling, it is shown that changes in water relations during decay can be partly explained by accompanying changes in chemical composition and void volume.
KW - Brown-rot
KW - Decay
KW - Water
KW - White-rot
KW - Wood modification
U2 - 10.1016/j.ibiod.2017.01.034
DO - 10.1016/j.ibiod.2017.01.034
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85010851194
VL - 118
SP - 134
EP - 142
JO - International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
JF - International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
SN - 0964-8305
ER -
ID: 174005507