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Revista Chapingo serie ciencias forestales y del ambiente
versão On-line ISSN 2007-4018versão impressa ISSN 2007-3828
Resumo
DIAS-RIVERA, Eduardo et al. Chemical-mechanical damage caused by the brown-rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum (Pers.) Murrill on Pinus pseudostrobus Lindl. wood. Rev. Chapingo ser. cienc. for. ambient [online]. 2021, vol.27, n.2, pp.199-214. Epub 26-Jan-2024. ISSN 2007-4018. https://doi.org/10.5154/r.rchscfa.2020.05.033.
Abstract
Introduction:
Wood is susceptible to be used as a carbon source by fungal species damaging the wood. Its durability has been categorized according to its weight loss, without taking into account the decrease in the inherent physicochemical and mechanical properties.
Objective:
To evaluate how how weight loss affects the physicochemical and mechanical properties of Pinus pseudostrobus Lindl. wood exposed to brown-rot fungi Gloeophyllum trabeum (Pers.) Murrill.
Materials and methods:
Sawn timber pieces of P. pseudostrobus were inoculated with 50 mL of G. trabeum (106 UFC∙mL-1). Periodically (zero, three, six and nine months) and with the help of a universal testing machine, parallel compression (PC), static bending (SB) and perpendicular compression to the grain (CPG) were evaluated, and holocellulose, cellulose and lignin were quantified.
Results and discussion:
After nine months of interaction with G. trabeum, the pieces of wood were resistant to degradation, taking into account only weight loss. However, the chemical-mechanical properties evaluated showed that the fungus produced thinning and rupture of the tissue cells causing significant decrease in SB (100 to 56 N∙mm-2) and CPG (42.2 to 20.2 N∙mm-2), which reduced its resistance to mechanical stress.
Conclusions:
Wood exposed to fungal degradation is significantly affected in its mechanical properties, disqualifying it for construction. The damage is not reflected in the aesthetics of the material, which is surprising, since the common user of pine wood would not be able to notice the problem.
Palavras-chave : mechanical properties; sawn wood; degradation; xylophagous fungi; holocellulose.