Molecular methods as a tool within the field of wood protection – available methods and new possibilities

IRG/WP 07-20361

G Alfredsen, A M Hietala, C G Fossdal, H Solheim

The area of wood protection is in a period of change. New tools are needed to understand the mode of action, and to further improve the new wood protection systems. A set of useful tools are found among the molecular methods. This paper presents an overview of some of the tools available, and the methods are exemplified by papers within the frame of wood protection issues. However, there is still a great unexplored potential within the field of wood protection by the use of various molecular methods. The majority of the work using molecular methods has been performed on species identification issues and within species variation. This paper lists some new promising molecular methods for wood protection issues and a presentation of a new project. The new project will help to gain some new knowledge about how the fungal decay processes are affected by different wood modification systems.


Keywords: molecular methods, wood protection, qPCR, wood modification

Conference: 07-05-20/24 Jackson, USA


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