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Weight loss due to fungus Coriolus versicolor has been measured on 614 samples according to the NF EN 113 norm. Up to eight samples were cut at breast height (two opposite radii×four radial positions in heartwood) from 82 mature sessile oaks ( Quercus petraea Liebl.) originating from contrasting regions, silvicultural schedules and site qualities in France. The following points are addressed in the paper: (i) contribution to the total variability for weight loss of the effects “tree”, “position in the tree”, as well as their interaction; (ii) percentage of wood samples and trees in each of the five classes of natural durability defined by the norm NF EN 350–2; (iii) test of the effects of region, silvicultural schedule and site quality on weight loss and evaluating their contribution to the total variation; and (iv) correlations at tree level between weight loss and several traits related to tree growth and basic wood properties (density, swelling, grain angle, multiseriate wood rays characteristics, extractives content). The results are discussed with a view to aid the forest manager as well as the log/wood user to take advantage of the high level of between-tree variability observed as natural durability against C. versicolor.
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This study was supported by ADEME and DERF (France) in the frame of a project from “Programme Concerté Bois Matériau” entitled Durachêne coordinated by Dr. Bertrand Charrier of the Ecole Supérieure du Bois in Nantes. The study was carried out with the technical collaboration of André Perrin, Claude Houssement and Marc Doidy (LERFOB)for samples preparation and Nathalie Boizot (Unité Amélioration, Génétique et Physiologie Forestières) for biochemical analyses.
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Guilley, E., Charpentier, J.P., Ayadi, N. et al. Decay resistance against Coriolus versicolor in Sessile oak ( Quercus petraea Liebl.): analysis of the between-tree variability and correlations with extractives, tree growth and other basic wood properties. Wood Sci Technol 38, 539–554 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-004-0250-8
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