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ISBN-13: 978-3-940344-11-3 Universitätsverlag Göttingen Universitätsverlag Göttingen
Ursula Kües (Ed.)
Wood Production, Wood Technology, and Biotechnological Impacts
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Ursula Kües (Ed.)
Wood Production,
Wood Technology, and
Biotechnological Impacts
Universitätsverlag Göttingen
2007
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and Forest Ecology of the Georg-August-University of Göttingen. This book has been
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personal support received from the trust during the funding period of the chair.
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Layout: Ursula Kües
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Cover figure Top: Annette Naumann
Cover figure Back: Björn Kuhlmann
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ISBN: 978-3-940344-11-3
Contents 1
Contents
Contributors ................................................................................................................................ 5
Description of Cover Photos ............................................................................................... 11
Part I - Prologue to this Book ........................................................................... 13
1. Kües, U.:
Molecular Wood Biotechnology - Defining a New Field of Research .................. 15
Part II - Wood as a Resource ............................................................................. 41
2. Spellmann, H. & Kehr, I.:
The Wood Supply in the World, Europe, Germany, and Lower Saxony ............. 43
3. Muuss, U. & Lam, T.Y.:
Development and Trends of Wood Production in the Tropics .............................. 57
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4. Dohrenbusch, A. & Bolte, A.: Forest Plantations .................................................. 73
5. Hüttermann, A. & Metzger, J.O.:
Carbon Dioxide, Forests, and the Kyoto Process ...................................................... 85
6. Majcherczyk, A. & Hüttermann, A.:
Wood as a Renewable Energy Source ........................................................................... 99
7. Teichmann, T., Bolu, W.H. & Polle, A.: Transgenic Trees ............................. 117
Part III - New Biological Methods in Assessment
of Wood and Wood Products .......................................................................... 141
8. Finkeldey, R., Rachmayanti, Y. & Gailing, O.:
Molecular Genetic Tools for the Identification of the Origin of Wood ............. 143
9. Hoegger, P.J. & Kües, U.: Molecular Detection of Fungi in Wood ................ 159
10. Naumann, A., Peddireddi, S., Kües, U. & Polle, A.:
Fourier Infrared Microscopy in Wood Analysis ....................................................... 179
11. Thakeow, P., Holighaus, G. & Schütz, S.:
Volatile Organic Compounds for Wood Assessment ............................................. 197
12. Pemmasani, J.K., Polle, A., Bolte, A., & Kües, U.:
Biological Monitoring of Pollution in Forests and of Pollution caused
by Wood Utilisation ........................................................................................................ 229
Part IV - Wood Preservatives and Wood Protection .................. 257
13. Mai, C. & Militz, H.: Chemical Wood Protection ................................................ 259
14. Kües, U., Mai, C. & Militz, H.: Biological Wood Protection
against Decay, Microbial Staining, Fungal Moulding, and Insect Pests ............... 273
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Part V - Panel Boards and Biotechnology ........................................... 295
15. Kloeser, L., Kües, U., Schöpper, C., Hosseinkhani, H., Schütze, S.,
Dantz, S., Malik, I., Vos, H., Bartholme, M., Müller, C., Polle, A.,
& Kharazipour, A.: Panel Boards and Conventional Adhesives ........................ 297
16. Müller, C., Kües, U., Schöpper, C. & Kharazipour, A.:
Natural Binders ................................................................................................................. 347
17. Hoegger, P.J., Majcherczyk, A., Dwivedi, R.C., Kilaru, S.,
Svobodová, K. & Kües, U.: Enzymes in Wood Degradation ............................ 383
18. Kües, U., Bohn, C., Euring, M., Müller, C., Polle, A. &
Kharazipour, A.:
Enzymatic Modified Wood in Panel Board Production ......................................... 433
19. Rühl, M., Kilaru, S., Hoegger, P.J., Kharazipour, A. & Kües, U.:
Production of Laccases and Other Enzymes for the Wood Industry ................. 469
20. Kharazipour, A. & Kües, U.:
Recycling of Wood Composites and Solid Wood Products .................................. 509
Part VI - Other Commodities from Wood ........................................... 535
21. Hüttermann, A. & Majcherczyk, A.: Conversion of Biomass
to Fodder for Ruminants or: How Can One Get Wood Edible? ......................... 537
22. Rühl, M. & Kües, U.: Mushroom Production ....................................................... 555
23. Kües, U., Navarro-Gonzaléz, M., Srivilai, P., Chaisaena, W. &
Velagapudi, R.: Mushroom Biology and Genetics ................................................ 587
24. Kharazipour, A., Ludwig, K., Chaisaena, W., Polle, A. & Kües, U.:
Wood and Other Plant Fibres in the Production of Peat Substitutes
and Pot Plant Containers ................................................................................................ 609
