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

Creosote-treated southern pine and Douglas-fir utility poles,
produced in the United States and installed in Panama,
were inspected for termites and for decay at the groundline.
Findings indicate that current U.S. industrial and Federal
specifications for creosote treatment of southern pine poles
provide adequate protection in most tropical environments,
but some variation in performance was observed between
poles set in different ecological biomes. In tropical regions,
such as Panama, where termites pose a serious hazard,
specifications for creosote treatment of Douglas-fir poles
should be supplemented with requirements for treatment of
soil around the pole with an approved termiticide.
De Groot, R. C.; Stoukoff, M. 1986. Efficacy of alter-
native preservatives used in dip treatments for wood boxes.
Res. Pap. FPL-RP-481. Madison, WI: U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.
21 p.
Nailed pine boxes, wire-bound gum boxes, and wire-bound
plywood boxes were dip treated with alternative wood
preservatives and exposed above ground in a jungle in
an open field in Panama, and in a partially shaded field
in southern Mississippi. Results from the open field in
Panama were intermediate between those from the jungle
site and those from the site in Mississippi.
Deon, G. 1978. Manual of wood preservation in tropical
climates (Manuel de preservation des bois en climat tropi-
cal). Nogent-sur-marne, Cendex, France: Centre Technique
Forestier Tropical. 111 p.
Describes tropical wood protection in a manual covering
subjects such as: protection of saw-logs; temporary protec-
tion of fresh sawn timber and rotary-cut veneers; protection
of wood installation; agents of deterioration; natural dura-
bility of timber; preservation of wood before installation
(materials and processes); impregnability of wood; protec-
tion of building timber; protection of squared timber used
in contact with the soil; protection of roundwood (mine
timbers, posts, and poles); protection of plywood; protec-
tion of wood in marine uses.
Deon, G. 1984. The correlation between the natural dura-
bility of some tropical species and their contents of extrac-
tives (Vers une recherche de correlation entre la durabilite
naturelle de certaines essences tropicales et leurs teneurs
en extraits). In: Groupe de travail 2. Les transformations
physico-mecaniques. Sous-groupe 2.5-Preservation. Col-
loque sciences et industries du bois. Grenoble du; Septem-
ber 20-22, 1982; Paris, France. Cendex, France: Centre
Technique Forestier Tropical: 351-366.
Describes the extraction of naturally durable woods and
testing of the woods for resistance to fungal attack without
the extractives present. Wood species evaluated (Afzelia
bipindensis, Cylicodiscus gabunensis, Erythrophleum
ivorense, Morus mesozygia, and Pterocarpus soyauxii) lost
their natural resistance to fungal attack after extraction.
Natural durability was found to be closely correlated with
contents of extractives, although some woods with low ex-
tractives are durable. The authors suggest that durability
can be predicted from extractive analyses.
Deon, G. 1986. Manual of preservation for woods from
tropical climates (Manual de preservation des bois en cli-
mat tropical). Cedex, France: Centre Technique Forstier
Tropical. 116 p.
Reissued in 1990
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Dickinson, D.J.; Levy, J.F. 1979. The action of wood
preservatives in relation to wood anatomy. In: Interna-
tional Association of Wood Anatomists: Abstracts of pa-
pers for the Wood Anatomy Congress of the Afro-European
regional group, IAWA, Wood Quality Subject Group of
IUFRO division 5, and the Plant Morphology and Anatomy
Section of the Royal Botanical Society of the Netherlands;
1979 August 27-30; Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam.
IAWA Bulletin. 2/3:36.
Describes the effects of wood inhabiting fungi on the struc-
ture of wood cell walls. Discusses the effectiveness of wood
preservatives based on penetration into the wood, and espe-
cially into the cell walls.
Dolores, M.; Santos, G.S. 1982. The susceptibility of
35 Amazon wood species to Cryptotermes brevis (Walker).
In: Proceedings, 13th annual meeting of the International
Research Group on Wood Preservation, Working Group I,
Biological problems; 1982 May 24-28; Cesme, Turkey. Doc-
ument IRG/WP/llGO. 11 p.
Describes the testing of 35 wood species for attack by
Cryptotermes brevis, over 45 days. Five species were
nonresistant, 21 fairly resistant, and 9 highly resistant:
Bowdichia nitida, Clarisia racemosa, Dinizia excelsa,
Dipteryx odorata, Enterolobium maximum, Garapa guia-
nensis, Goupia glabra, Laetia procera, and Symphonia glob-
ulifera.
Echenique-M., R. 1970. Description, characteristics, and
uses of 25 tropical Mexican woods (Descripcion, caracter-
isticas y usos de 25 maderas tropicales Mexicanas). Mex-
ico, D.F., Mexico: Camara Nacional de la Industria de la
Construccion. Serie Maderas de Mexico. 237 p.
Includes information on the natural durability of 25 species.
Erdoiza-S., J.J. 1982. Bibliography on various aspects
of wood preservation (Lista bibliografica sobre diferentes
aspectos de la preservacion de la madera). Nota Tecnica.
Veracruz, Mexico: Laboratorio de Ciencia y Tecnologia
de la Madera. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre
Recursos Bioticos, Mexico. 5:4.
Erdoiza-S., J.J. 1982. Preservation of pine timber by
brush, immersion and diffusion treatments (Tratamientos
para madera de pino por los metodos de brocha, inmersion
y aspersion). Nota Tecnica. Veracruz, Mexico: Laboratorio
de Ciencia y Tecnologia de la Madera. Instituto Nacional
de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bioticos. 4:4.
Erdoiza-S., J.J. 1982. Immersion treatment with
pentachlorophenol to preserve pine and oak timber
(Tratamiento por inmersion para preservar madera de pino
y encino a base de pentaclorofenol). Nota Tecnica. Ver-
acruz, Mexico: Laboratorio de Ciencia y Tecnologia de la
Madera. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recur-
sos Bioticos. 3:4.
Erdoiza-S., J.J. 1983. Treatment of pine fence posts
with creosote using hot- and cold-open-tank treatments
(Tratamiento para postes de cerca de madera de pino por
el metodo de bano caliente-bano frio con creosota). Madera
y su Uso en la Construccion. Veracruz, Mexico: Instituto
Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bioticos. 8:8.
Erdoiza-S., J.J. 1984. Preservation of 2X4 inch cross-
section pine timber with water-soluble salts by hot- and
cold-open-tank treatments (Tratamiento de madera de pino
de 2X4 pulgadas de seccion, con sales hidrosolubles por el