Abstract
Compression and baling of green wood ships inoculated with a biopulping fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium has produced pulps with increased strength properties and reduced energy inputs without the need for steaming of chips or specialized bioreactor conditions. Use of a contact-agar method to study spore germination has shown that compression of green wood enhances rates of sapwood colonization by two strains of this white-rot fungus. This response was verified by SEM observation and is thought to occur as a result of parenchyma death during chip compression. The colonization of this fungus on softwood chips was also improved as a result of compression.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 18-26 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Wood and Fiber Science |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1998 |
Keywords
- Aspen
- Balsam fir
- Biopulping
- Colonization
- Compression-baling
- Contact-agar method
- Germination
- Jack pine
- Parenchyma cells
- Phanerochaete chrysosporium
- SEM