Natural durability of 8 tropical species suitable for round wood building: fungal and termites laboratory screening tests
Résumé
Knowledge of the wood properties of tropical tree species is still relatively limited, making that timber exploitation focuses on a few abundant, large-diameter species. Very few is known about small diameter trees although they may be used, directly as round wood, in construction timber building. The aim of this work was to determine the wood natural durability of 8 candidate species for roundwood building in French Guiana ; Oxandra askeckii, Goupia glabra, Lecythis persistens, Hymenopus heteromorphus, Pouteria bangii, Licania alba, Tachigali melinonii, Simarouba amara and Virola surinamensis wood samples were exposed to white rots (European and tropical), brown rot (European) and European subterranean termites (using non-choice and multi-choice tests), in laboratory conditions by screening tests adapted from European standards.
Auteurs, date et publication :
Auteurs Maëva Leroy , Kévin Candelier , Jérémie Damay , Julie Bossu , Romain Lehnebach , Marie-France Thevenon , Jacques Beauchene , Bruno Clair
Date : 1970