Anaerobic Xylanolytic Bacterium from Decayed Pinus patula Wood Chips

A rapid method of predicting wood chip decay using FTIR spectroscopy

Pulp & Paper Canada T 116 106:5 (2005) ❘ ❘ ❘ 41 HE ADVERSE EFFECTS of wood decay on chip quality, pulp yield, and pulp quality have been well documented [8,2024,27]. Decay can enter the chip supply either by utilization of decayed standing wood [14] or through prolonged or improper storage [16]. The net effect of using decayed wood for pulping is cost increases due to decreases in pulp yield, r...

Evaluation of the diagnostic feasibility of the electronic nose in detecting incipient decays on artificially inoculated wood

The tree stability-assessment methodology currently used in Italian cities initially follows a visual analysis of individual trees, followed by an evaluation of the internal state using different instruments that are often invasive, expensive, or cannot be effectively used in the urban environment. Moreover, many of these instruments do not provide an adequate evaluation of decay that occurs in...

Estimation Of Aboveground And Belowground Carbon Sequestration Of Cupressus Lusitanica, Pinus Patula And Eucalyptus Saligna Plantation Species In Kenya

Development of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Populations in Wood Chips with Different Moisture Contents.

Bags of Pinus strobus wood chips with moisture contents of 38, 92, 164, and 217% (oven dry weight) were inoculated with Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and incubated at 30 C in order to determine the effect of wood moisture on nematode population development. Nematodes were extracted after 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks. Population levels were greatest in wood chips with a moisture content of 38% and decreas...

The effect of Sirex noctilio infestation and fire damage on the chemical composition of South African-grown Pinus patula pulpwood

The South African pulp industry is reliant on Pinus patula as a main constituent of the softwood raw material. However, trees in plantations can periodically be physiologically stressed due to a variety of biotic and abiotic factors. Damaged or dead trees can constitute a loss of pulpwood production to the mill, with the economic consequence of having to source the timber elsewhere on the open ...