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Lumber shipped green can be protected against decay

Creator:

Hartley, Carl, 1887-1968, United States. Division of Forest Pathology, and Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.)

Abstract:

No one prefers green lumber. Its higher shipping weight, poorer nail-holding power, and shrinkage after fabrication are well known, but the present pressure for deliveries results in much of it being accepted. Another major objection to lumber shipped green is that is may be damaged bu wood-decaying fungi, either in...

Resource Type:

Technical Report

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DIVISION OF FOREST PATHOLOGY BELTSVILLE. MARYLAND AND THE FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY FOREST SERVICE
Significance of air-dry wood in controlling rot caused by Poria incrassata

Creator:

Scheffer, Theodore C. (Theodore Comstock), 1904-2003, Chidester, Mae Spradling, United States. Division of Forest Pathology, and Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.)

Abstract:

The rat caused by Pozia incrassata (Berk, and Curt.) Burt (sometimes erroneously called "dry rot") in individual cases is the most destructive of the building decays in the warm coastal portions of the United States and the South. The fungus usually attacks rapidly and may cause damage necessitating extensive repairs...

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Technical Report

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, SOILS, AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING DIVISION OF FOREST PATHOLOGY MADISON. WISCONSIN IN COOPERATION