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Fungal degradation of bamboo samples
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Olaf Schmidt
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Dong Sheng Wei
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May 20, 2011
Abstract
The degradation of several Asian bamboo species by white-, brown-, and soft-rot fungi was investigated under laboratory conditions by means of different test methods. Severe deterioration was caused by all three fungi types. The bamboo species differed in durability. Samples from 6 months young culms decayed more than older ones. There were no significant differences between 1- and 3-year-old culms. Samples taken from the culm top were more vulnerable to decay than those from the bottom. Wet bamboo samples with soil contact were especially degraded by the white-rot fungus Schizophyllum commune, whereas the brown-rot fungus Coniophora puteana produced the greatest mass loss in drier samples. The sealing of bamboo crosscut ends reduced the rate of decay.
Keywords: bamboo; bamboo moisture content; brown-rot fungi; culm age; fungal degradation; soft-rot fungi; white-rot fungi
Received: 2011-1-10
Accepted: 2011-4-4
Published Online: 2011-05-20
Published Online: 2011-05-20
Published in Print: 2011-10-01
©2011 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston
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Keywords for this article
bamboo;
bamboo moisture content;
brown-rot fungi;
culm age;
fungal degradation;
soft-rot fungi;
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