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146 7 <strong>Wood</strong> Rot<br />

rine salts, which inhibit brown and white-rot fungi, but are sensitive to copper<br />

(Chap. 7.4). <strong>Wood</strong> in soil contact must therefore be treated with a preservative<br />

that contains copper if coal tar oil is not applied. Large economic losses developed<br />

nevertheless in Australia when hundreds of thousands of eucalyptus<br />

poles, which were treated with chrome copper arsenic, prematurely failed by<br />

soft rot due to unequal preservative distribution in the wood (Dickinson et al.<br />

1976; Liese and Peters 1977; Greaves and Nilsson 1982). Several soft-rot fungi<br />

were isolated from CCA treated (Zabel et al. 1991; Wong et al. 1992) and coal<br />

tar oil-impregnated poles (Lopez et al. 1990; Dickinson et al. 1992).<br />

7.4<br />

Protection<br />

This chapter focuses on fundamentals upon prevention of wood damage by<br />

fungi, and protection and preservation of wood (e.g., Willeitner and Liese 1992;<br />

Eaton and Hale 1993; Palfreyman et al. 1996; Murphy and Dickinson 1997;<br />

Zujest 2003; Goodell et al. 2003; Müller 2005). Protection in the broader sense<br />

comprises non-chemical methods like organizational measures and measures<br />

by design, use of naturally durable woods, application of antagonisms, or wood<br />

modifications that do not affect the environment. Preservation predominantly<br />

stands for chemical measures.<br />

Table 7.4 shows the conditions for the development of wood fungi and<br />

protection principles that can be deduced from them.<br />

The principle of the wood protection consists of changing at least one of the<br />

three life prerequisites of fungi in wood in such a way that the development<br />

of fungi is impossible or at least inhibited. Fungal attack can be prevented<br />

Table 7.4. Prerequisites for the development of wood fungi and principles of protection<br />

deduced from them (supplemented from Willeitner and Schwab 1981)<br />

Prerequisite Preventive measure Protection principle<br />

Suitable moisture Reduce, keep away Timber drying,<br />

constructional wood protection,<br />

wood modification<br />

Suitable food Make inedible Use of durable wood,<br />

chemical wood preservation,<br />

wood modification,<br />

(use of antagonisms)<br />

Sufficient oxygen Keep away Drying, wet storage,<br />

storage in CO2/N2 atmosphere,<br />

use below the water level<br />

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