text: Source: Research In Progress FPL-RIP-4723-021. Madison, WI: USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 2 p.
  Author(s): Forest Products Laboratory,
  Publication Year: 2015 View PDF »
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  Category: Research In Progress
  Abstract: The importance of wood as a construction material is unequivocal, and although market competition is increasing with development of new products, consumer preference for renewable and sustainable materials is playing a vital role. One propaganda target of competitive industry is chemically treated wood. Recent concerns about copper-based preservatives have motivated the forest products industry to find environmentally safe alternatives that meet the demands of green construction. One promising non-copper wood protection agent is chitosan. Industrial quantities of chitosan can be inexpensively synthesized from chitin, a waste polysaccharide generated during shrimp processing. Importantly, chitosan exhibits activity against both wood decay fungi and some species of insects. However, the activity of chitosan against termites is still unexplored.
  Keywords: Termites; chitosan; metagenomics; metatranscriptomics; wood protection
  Publication Review Process: Non-Refereed (Other)
  File size: 370 kb(s)
  Date posted: 07/21/2015
  RITS Product ID: 73354
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