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COST ACTION E22: Environmental optimisation of wood protection<br />

• Physico-chemical and mechanical studies of heat-treated wood. Simulation of<br />

retification kilns. Industrialization of wood retification (ENSMSE)<br />

Innovative biocidal systems<br />

• New low-toxic wood preservative systems based on protein borates (ENSTIB,<br />

CRITT Bois, CTBA)<br />

• Glycerol/glyoxal systems to improve wood dimensional stability and boron fixation<br />

(LERMAB)<br />

• Wood preservatives based on the association between copper and rosin (ENSTIB,<br />

CRITT Bois, LERMAB)<br />

• Extracts from Red Cedar and their use as wood preservatives (LERMAB)<br />

• Extracts from different durable tropical wood species: extraction, characterization<br />

and use as wood preservatives (CIRAD, LNB)<br />

• Wood protection against termites based on the association between vegetable<br />

extracts with filmogene properties (pectins, hemicelluloses) and vegetable<br />

extracts repulsive towards termites (essential oils) (CRITT Catar, ENSCT)<br />

• Use of imidacloprid analogs in insect control (LERMAB)<br />

• Screening of molecules from plants and animals with potential anti-termite activities<br />

(LEI)<br />

• High performance composites based on wood fibers and flours: durability of<br />

these composites (CTBA-Gilles Labat, CIRAD)<br />

Physiological attractants/inhibitors, growth regulators<br />

• Insect growth regulators for termite control (LEI, LNB)<br />

• Increasing the efficacy of baits for improved termite control (LEI, LNB)<br />

Bio-control<br />

• Control of termites by the use of enthomopathogenic nematodes (LEI)<br />

• Biocontrol of Reticulitermes santonensis by entomopathogenic fungi (CTBA-<br />

Isabelle Le Bayon)<br />

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