Forest Products from Latin America. Annotated Bibliography of ...

Describes a decay study of 18 species of Aphyllophorales
previously isolated from wood of Pinus elliottii and P.
taeda plantations in Argentina. Inoculated wood blocks
growing on malt agar were evaluated for weight loss. Pinus
elliottii blocks had the greatest resistance to decay. Thir-
teen of the wood rotting fungi were Polyporaceae, one Hy-
menochaetaceae, one Ganodermataceae, and three Cortici-
aceae.
Boone, R. S.; Chudnoff, M.; Goytia, E. 1969. Chemi-
cal control of bostrichidae during air drying of fence posts.
Res. Pap. ITF-8. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Institute of Tropical Forestry. 8 p.
Presents effectiveness of chemical dips and/or sprays to
control insect attack on white mangrove posts, a highly
vulnerable species, while air drying prior to preservative
treatment.
Bultman, J.D.; Southwell, C.R. 1976. Natural re-
sistance of tropical American woods to terrestrial wood-
destroying organisms. Biotropica. 8(2):71-95.
Bultman, J.D.; Parrish, K.K. 1982. N-tritylmorpholine
as a protectant against marine wood-destroying molluscs.
International Journal of Wood Preservation. 2(4):159-163.
Describes a study of pine sapwood treated with N-
tritylmorpholine as protection against marine boring mol-
lusks. Exposure tests of 3 months at two different marine
sites in Panama showed no damage due to teredinids or
pholads. The treatment is only effective against the boring
organisms.
Bultman, J.D.; Beal, R.H.; Huffman, J.B.; Parrish,
K.K. 1983. An investigation of the natural resistance of
Melaleuca quinquenervia to tropical and terrestrial wood-
destroying organisms. Forest Products Journal. 33(3):
39-43.
Wood from Melaleuca quinquenervia was exposed in the
Panamanian rain forest and in the Bay of Panama and
Limon Bay. Within 18 months, samples were heavily dam-
aged by fungi, termites, and marine borers, indicating low
natural resistance to these organisms.
Butin, H.; Aquilar, A.M. 1984. Blue-stain fungi on
Nothofagus from Chile-including two new species of Ceratocystis
Ellis & Halst. Phytopathologische Zeitschrift.
109 (1):80-89.
Describes four Ceratocystis spp. isolated from the bark
and wood Nothofagus spp. in Chile. Species illustrated
are C. nothofagi, C. piceae, C. pilifera and C. valdiviana.
C. piceae and C. pilifera caused heavy blue staining in the
wood of Nothofagus pumilio. C. nothofagi and C. valdi-
viana are new species described and cause a lower level of
blue staining.
Cardoso, L. 1953. Causes of discoloration in wood
(Causas da coloracao anormal da madeira). Sao Paulo,
Brazil: Edio. Prop. Serv. Flor. Est. S. Paulo. 33:15.
Discusses discoloration of wood caused by fungi, its effect,
and means of preventing fungal stain.
Carranza, J.; Saenz, J.A. 1984. Wood decay fungi of
Costa Rica. Mycotaxon. 19:151-166.
The first part of a larger work, it describes 32 species of
wood decaying Polyporaceae in Costa Rica.
Carrasco-Z., F. 1978. South-Peruvian cerambycids (In-
secta: Coleoptera) (Cerambicidos (Insecta: Coleoptera) sur-
peruanos). Cuzco, Peru. Revista Peruana de Entomologia.
21(1):75-78.
Describes 56 species of wood boring cerambycids collected
from the Departments of Cusco, Apurimac, Madre de Dios,
and Arequipa, Peru. Some species are important for their
economic impact. Included are: Parandra glabra (Deg.),
found at elevations to 3000 m, it bores in felled timber;
Stenodontes spinibarbis (L.); Eburia pilosa (Erichs.), has
been noted to cause severe damage in construction tim-
ber; Megaderus stigma (L.), has been recorded as attack-
ing transmission poles in Brazil); Acrocinus longimanus;
Macropophora accentifer; Taeniotes orbignyi; and Oreodera
sp.
Carter, F.L.; Beal, R.H.; Bultman, H.D. 1975. Ex-
traction of antiterimitic substances from 23 tropical hard-
woods. Wood Science. 8(1):406-410.
Carter, F.L.; Camargo, C.R.R. de. 1983. Testing an-
titermitic properties of Brazilian woods and their extracts.
Wood and Fiber Science. 15(4):350-357.
Comparisons were made of the survival and feeding re-
sponses of Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) and Coptoter-
mes formosanus Shiraki exposed to heartwood blocks and
paper pads treated with extracts from 11 Brazilian woods.
In no-choice block tests, no survival and little feeding oc-
curred on Calophyllum brasiliense, Carapa guianensis,
Cedrela odorata, Diplotropis, Mezilaurus itauba, Ocotea
cymbarum, Platymiscium ulei, and Sweetia nitens. Mi-
crandra siphonioides was the most favorable wood for
both termite species. In choice block tests of 11 woods,
termites ignored most woods, eating primarily M. sipho-
nioides and then small amounts of a few others. Success
in extracting antitermitic substances from milled heart-
wood of the 11 species varied with woods and solvents (suc-
cessive cold extraction with hexane, acetone, a mixture of
acetone/hexane/water, and 80 percent methanol). Termiti-
cidal extracts were obtained from 9 woods. In no-choice
tests R. Aavipes did not survive the 8-week test period
on seventeen extracts: C. formosanus did not survive on
fourteen extracts. These extracts will be used for further
study in research on potential termiticides from termite-
resistant woods. Methods used in this study will be applied
to tests in Brazil on various wood species against Brazilian
termites.
Carter, F.L.; Jones, S.C.; Mauldin, J.K.; Camargo,
C.R.R. 1983. Responses of Coptotermes formosanus Shi-
raki to extracts from five Brazilian hardwoods. Zeitschrift
f ü r Angewandte Entomologie. 95(1):5-14.
Describes a study of 5 Brazilian hardwoods that were ex-
tracted to obtain extracts to test for toxic and repellent
characteristics to Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki. The
toxicity and repellency were found to differ with the wood
and solvent used and in some cases with the concentration
of the extract. Toxicity was greatest with the extracts of
Cedrela odorata and Ocotea cymbarum. The greatest, re-
pellency was from the hexane, acetone, and acetone-hexane-
water extracts of these 2 species. The termites generally
preferred untreated to treated paper in a choice test for an-
tifeedant properties. Some of the paper was not consumed
but was used by the termites in nest-building activities.
Cavalcante, M.S. 1971. Methods for the evaluation of
the natural durability of wood (Metodos de avaliacao da
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