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Natural resistance of two plantation woods Populus × canadensis cv. and Cunninghamia lanceolata to decay fungi and termites

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Forestry Studies in China

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Natural durability of two plantation woods, Chinese fir and I-214 poplar, was investigated thoroughly by three testing methods, namely an accelerated laboratory decay test, a fungus cellar test and a field test. After the decay test using Postia placenta and Trametes versicolor, Chinese fir and the I-214 poplar showed 34% and 69% of mass loss, respectively, indicating they should be classified as slightly durable and non-durable wood. This conclusion was confirmed by the fungus cellar test and the field test. Like the performance in the decay test, I-214 poplar showed no resistance to termites either in the laboratory or in the field, whereas Chinese fir would be classified as moderately resistant.

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  1. Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, 100091, Beijing, P. R. China

    Xing Jia-qi

  2. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 305-8687, Ibaraki, Japan

    Momohara Ikuo & Ohmura Wakako

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[Supported by Sino-Japanese Technical Cooperation Project Titled “Studies on Chinese Plantation Wood” (JICA PROJECT/033-1418-E-O)]

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Xing, Jq., Ikuo, M. & Wakako, O. Natural resistance of two plantation woods Populus × canadensis cv. and Cunninghamia lanceolata to decay fungi and termites. For. Stud. China 7, 36–39 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11632-005-0055-3

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