DECAY RESISTANCE OF PRESERVATIVE INJECTED POPLAR AND ITS PROCESS OF PREVENTING WHITE ROT FUNGI INFECTION
Author:
ZHAO WANWAN,WEN LIANG,LIU ZHU,LIANG RUI,ZHANG YAOLI,HUANG ZHENHUA,CAI LIPING
Abstract
This study initiallyinvestigated decay resistance of preservative injected poplar and its infection mechanismof preventing white rot fungi. The living poplar was injected with different concentrations (0.0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 wt.%) of alkaline copper quaternary (ACQ). Using thescanning electron microscopy, the process of preservative injected poplar wood preventing white rot fungi infection at different tree heights were examined. The decay resistance test results showed that the decay resistance of preservative injected poplar at different tree heights was significantly different. With the increase in tree height, the decay resistance decreased, and the higher the ACQ concentration, the better the decay resistance. The white rot fungi infested the poplar wood with the vessels as the breakthrough point, being spread to other cells through pits. The white rot fungi degraded wood cell walls by secreting enzymes and preferentially degraded the parenchyma cells.
Publisher
Pulp and Paper Research Institute
Subject
General Materials Science,Forestry