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Correlation between brown rot decay and Pilodyn measurements

Korrelation zwischen Braunfäule und Pilodyn-Messungen

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Assessment of brown rot decay is one of the most important issues within remedial treatment of attacked wood constructions. Pilodyn is a well-established tool for the assessment of density of several commercially important plantation species, therefore the authors were interested in its suitability to evaluate rate of decay as well. The Pilodyn measurements performed on Norway spruce wood exposed to several brown rot fungi clearly indicate correlations between needle penetration and mass loss.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the Slovenian Research Agency for financial support in the frame of the programme P4-0015-0481 and for technical support by Mr. Valentin Jagodic.

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  1. Department of Wood Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Nejc Thaler, Boštjan Lesar & Miha Humar

  2. Silvaprodukt d.o.o, Dolenjska cesta 42, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Boštjan Lesar

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Thaler, N., Lesar, B. & Humar, M. Correlation between brown rot decay and Pilodyn measurements. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 70, 893–895 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-012-0617-8

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