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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Sept 2011

A Test of High Intensity Ultrasound for the Phytosanitation of Wood

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Page Range: 365 – 366
DOI: 10.13073/0015-7473-61.5.365
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The potential for high intensity ultrasound for the phytosanitation of wood products was tested using decay (rot) and mold fungi and termites. The treatment was not effective in killing these organisms in wood.

Copyright: © 2011 Forest Products Society

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The authors are, respectively, Associate Professor, former Intern, Professor, and Associate Professor, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville (AdamTaylor@utk.edu [corresponding author], anita.perchermeier@gmx.de, tmyoung1@utk.edu, lanaz@utk.edu). This paper was received for publication in June 2011. Article no. 11-00075.

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