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Fungi associated with groundline soft rot decay in copper/chrome/arsenic treated heartwood utility poles of Malaysian hardwoods
1992 - IRG/WP 92-1567
Copper-chrome-arsenic treated heartwood from Malaysian hardwood utility poles in service for 8-23 y at two localities in the wet tropical Peninsula Malaysia were surveyed for soft rot in the ground-contact region. Soft rot decay was detected in all the poles. Isolation studies indicated the ability of a variety of microfungi and basidiomycetes to colonize treated heartwood. Most isolates exhibited...
A H H Wong, R B Pearce, S C Watkinson


Antifungal and wood preservative efficacy of IPBC is enhanced by α - aminoisobutyric acid
2010 - IRG/WP 10-30544
There is currently a need to reduce the biocide content of wood preservatives, without decreasing efficacy. The nonmetabolised amino acid analogue α-aminoisobutyric acid (AIB) acts as a translocated inhibitor of mycelial spread in basidiomycete wood decay fungi, although it does not kill the organism. Factorial combinations of AIB with either the azole fungicide tebuconazole, or 3-iodo-2-...
P Bota, E Baines, A Mead, S C Watkinson