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The Response of Visible/Near Infrared Absorbance to Wood-Staining Fungi


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dc.creatorVia, Brian
dc.creatorEckhardt, Lori
dc.creatorSo, C
dc.creatorShupe, Todd
dc.creatorGroom, Les
dc.creatorStine, Mike
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-10T03:32:48Z
dc.date.available2013-04-10T03:32:48Z
dc.date.created2006
dc.date.issued2013-04-09
dc.identifier.urihttp://swst.metapress.com/content/tt73103105ku85g4/en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11200/44168
dc.description.abstractThe influence of blue-stain fungi [Ophiostoma minus (Hedgcock) H. and P. Sydow and Leptographium serpens (Goid.) Siemaszko] on absorbance at the visible and near infrared wavelengths was investigated. Forty trees were sampled at breast height from longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.). One half of each increment core was inoculated with one of two fungi treatments while the other half served as a control. Visible and near infrared spectra were acquired between rings 3-40 for the stained and control-clear wood samples (n = 304). Absorbance was greater for the stained than the control wood at wavelengths between 464 to 1334 nm. Statistical techniques were applied to the NIR data to determine which wavelengths, and their corresponding chemical assignments, were most affected by the fungi. First and 2nd derivative pretreatments to the original spectra resulted in some blue-stain sensitive wavelengths throughout the 350 to 2500 nm range, some of which are associated with nitrogen in the melanin present in blue stain. However, for the 2nd derivative pretreatment, the stained wood exhibited a different signal to noise ratio than the control wood, and thus the pretreatment method should be used with vigilance. For the raw, 1st, and 2nd derivatives, the absorbance of L. serpens (n = 164) significantly differed from O. minus (n = 140) between 424-554 nm. The results of this study are important because the absorbance at visible and NIR wavelengths may be used to classify stained wood.en_US
dc.titleThe Response of Visible/Near Infrared Absorbance to Wood-Staining Fungien_US
dc.typeCollectionen_US
dc.type.genreJournal Articleen_US
dc.citation.volume38en_US
dc.citation.issue4en_US
dc.citation.spage717en_US
dc.citation.epage726en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US

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