Durability of English oak (Quercus robur L.) – Comparison of decay progress and resistance under various laboratory and field conditions

Meyer, Linda; Brischke, Christian; Melcher, Eckhard; Brandt, Karin; Lenz, Marie-Therese; Soetbeer, Arved

doi:10.1016/j.ibiod.2013.06.025

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“…Wood durability is usually estimated from long-term soil bed tests (XP CEN/TS, 2006. 2006Meyer et al, 2014). To constitute the DEGRAD database, soil tests have been performed incubating wood blocks in French Guiana soils in 2010/2012 in controlled laboratory conditions as mentioned in Amusant et al (2014).…”

Section: Gsts and Wood Durabilitymentioning

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A reverse chemical ecology approach to explore wood natural durability

Perrot

Salzet

Amusant

et al. 2020

Microbial Biotechnology

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The natural durability of wood species, defined as their inherent resistance to wood-destroying agents, is a complex phenomenon depending on many biotic and abiotic factors. Besides the presence of recalcitrant polymers, the presence of compounds with antimicrobial properties is known to be important to explain wood durability. Based on the advancement in our understanding of fungal detoxification systems, a reverse chemical ecology approach was proposed to explore wood natural durability using fungal glutathione transferases. A set of six glutathione transferases from the white-rot Trametes versicolor were used as targets to test wood extracts from seventeen French Guiana neotropical species. Fluorescent thermal shift assays quantified interactions between fungal glutathione transferases and these extracts. From these data, a model combining this approach and wood density significantly predicts the wood natural durability of the species tested previously using long-term soil bed tests. Overall, our findings confirm that detoxification systems could be used to explore the chemical environment encountered by wood-decaying fungi and also wood natural durability.

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Section: Gsts and Wood Durabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

A reverse chemical ecology approach to explore wood natural durability

Perrot

Salzet

Amusant

et al. 2020

Microbial Biotechnology

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“…The derived durability class based on tests with basidiomycetes cannot be transferred 1:1 to in ground contact situations because it is known that biological pressure is often much more severe (presence of soil inhabiting organisms) compared to above ground situations (presence of basidiomycetes) (Meyer et al 2014, Jacobs et al 2019. This difference in natural durability depending on exposure type is also reflected in the actual EN 350 (2016) where for a given wood species either the durability class with ground contact or against fungi (basidiomycetes) or both durability classes are mentioned.…”

Section: Properties Natural Durability -Resistance Against Basidiomycmentioning

confidence: 99%

Characterization of the wood properties of Cedrelinga cateniformis as substitute for timbers used for window manufacturing and outdoor applications

Haag¹,

Koch²,

Melcher³

et al. 2020

Maderas, Cienc. tecnol.

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Cedrelinga cateniformis (tornillo) is a timber species of the South American Amazon Basin. In its natural distribution area, the wood has various local uses, such as furniture, art work, door and window frames, and light construction. In order to promote this lesser known species for high valued applications on the international market, wood anatomical, topochemical and physical/mechanical studies were carried out to characterize the wood properties. The topochemical distribution of the lignin and phenolic extractives in the tissue were studied by means of cellular UV microspectrophotometry (UMSP). The results of the structural and topochemical analyses were compared with the interrelation of certain anatomical and subcellular structures as well as the chemical composition with regard to the physical and mechanical properties. The natural durability of the mature heartwood was analyzed according to the European Standards and is resulting in a durability class 1 against basidiomycetes. Based on the findings of the comprehensive investigations concerning physical and biological features, e.g. the dimensional stability and durability, Cedrelinga cateniformis is ideally suited as a substitute for overexploited tropical woods currently used in Europe for wooden window frames and other above ground outdoor applications and thus can contribute to increase the value-added production in Peruvian forests.

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“…Mertens and others stated that Quercus robur L. tolerates even the most difficult urban conditions and behaves identically all urban localities distinguished by that authors [20]. However, Meyer and others observed that urban conditions in München are much better tolerated by trees from genera Fraxinus and Aesculus as well as by Populus nigra L. 'Italica' than by Quercus robur L. [21].…”

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EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES ON HEALTH CONDITION OF Quercus robur L. IN PARKS

Krzyżaniak¹,

Świerk²,

Urbański³

et al. 2013

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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Investigations concerned the effect of different environmental variables on health condition of English oak (Quercus robur L.). It was shown that in the public parks in the city of Poznan the health condition of the analysed species is good. It was stated that health condition of this species in the Poznan parks is influenced by the distance from the immediate city centre, vicinity of traffic arteries and gas emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels by households neighbouring with the parks. Although results recorded in this study confirm literature data concerning the effect of environmental variables on health condition of English oak (Quercus robur L.), it was shown that certain environmental variables have a greater effect on health condition of the analysed species in Poznan.

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Durability of English oak (Quercus robur L.) – Comparison of decay progress and resistance under various laboratory and field conditions

Cited by 31 publications

References 13 publications

A reverse chemical ecology approach to explore wood natural durability

A reverse chemical ecology approach to explore wood natural durability

Characterization of the wood properties of Cedrelinga cateniformis as substitute for timbers used for window manufacturing and outdoor applications

EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES ON HEALTH CONDITION OF Quercus robur L. IN PARKS

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