COMPARATIVE STUDY ON NATURAL DURABILITY OF MANGO (MANGIFERA INDICA) AND RAINTREE (ALBIZIA SAMAN) WOOD IN FUNGAL AND FIELD TEST

Md. Muktarul  Islam; Md. Obaidullah  Hannan; Md. Wasiul  Islam

doi:10.53808/KUS.2008.9.2.0702-L

Authors

Md. Muktarul Islam Forestry and Wood Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
Md. Obaidullah Hannan Forestry and Wood Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
Md. Wasiul Islam Forestry and Wood Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2008.9.2.0702-L

Keywords:

Mangifera indica, Albizia saman, Schizophyllum commune, weight loss, natural durability

Abstract

This paper deals with intended to determine the decay resistance of mango (Mangifera indica) and raintree (Albizia saman) wood in fungal and field test. In fungal test, a white rot fungus (Schizophyllum commune) was used in laboratory. The average weight loss of Mangifera indica and Albizia saman wood blocks inoculated with a white rot fungus (Schizophyllum commune) for 16 weeks were 35.28% and 23.80% respectively. In field test the average weight loss were 42.36% and 28.54% respectively for M. indica and A. saman wood. In both test, degradation was higher in M. indica wood compared to A. saman wood. Thus, natural durability of A. saman wood is higher than that of M. indica wood. It is evident that M. indica wood under perishable class and A. saman wood falls under non-durable class according to natural durability classification.

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