Proceedings of a Workshop on the Biodeterioration of Tropical Woods: Chemical Basis for Natural Resistance Held at Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. on October 17-18, 1974,

Abstract

;Contents: Research at the Naval Research Laboratory on Bioresistant tropical woods: An Overview; Biocides from Marine borer resistant timbers; Dalbergia polyphenols and shell formation in mollusks: Preliminary results; Search for a 'Weak Link'; The performance of Dalbergia wood and Delbergia Extractives impregnated into pine and exposed in a water cooling tower; Inhibition of fungal growth and reproduction by obtusaquinone and some cinnamylphenols; Resistance of tropical woods to subterranean termites; Responses of the Formosan Subterranean Termite to tropical wood extracts; Field evaluation of natural wood extractives and some related compounds as antiborer agents; Comments on Melanin and polyphenoloxidase inhibitors.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA029258

Entities

People

  • John D. Bultman

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biodegradation
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Cooling
  • Cooling Towers
  • Inhibition
  • Inhibitors
  • Military Research
  • Research Facilities
  • Resistance
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Water Cooling
  • Workshops

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Forest Ecology
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.