Studies of variation in wood-decay ability among isolates of Serpula lacrimans (Wulf ex Fries) Schrot

Abu-Heilah, Abdullah Nasser (1975) Studies of variation in wood-decay ability among isolates of Serpula lacrimans (Wulf ex Fries) Schrot. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

1. (a) Great variations in wood-decaying ability were observed among the tested strains; some of them were significantly more active than the standard test strain, while others were significantly less active. There is close correlation between measurement of loss in dry weight and measurement of loss in breaking strength. (b) The activity of the strains so far collected from the Clyde Valley area is generally lower than that of most of the others. The survey is being continued with a long term objective of looking for patterns in the geographical distribution of differences in wood-decaying ability. 2. (a) No correlation has been found between the differences of wood- decaying ability of a variety of dikaryotic and of monokaryotic cultures and their rate of increase of colony diameter on malt agar at 21

• Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Additional Information: Adviser: S A Hutchinson
• Keywords: Wood sciences
• Date of Award: 1975
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:1975-72420
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 24 May 2019 15:12
• Last Modified: 24 May 2019 15:12
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/72420