Main description:

Wood and other structural lignocellulose biomaterials are renewable resources that provide sustainable products that require considerably less energy to manufacture into useable products than other alternatives produced from nonrenewable resources. However, these materials are readily biodegradable and as such must be protected if they are to be used in adverse environments. Consequently, their protection through chemical and nonchemical means plays a vital role in
the satisfactory utilization of many products.
This publication represents the third ACS book by the three co-editors in a series addressing scientific and practical aspects of biodeterioration and protection of lignocellulose materials. The objective of this third book diverges to some extent from the prior texts,
in that it provides an overall view of our current understanding of the microbial and thermal degradation of plant biomass along with new developments in the rapidly changing field of wood protection. The latter is particularly important in light of dramatic changes in copper-based wood preservative systems that are used extensively to treat wood for residential construction, and in the commercial development of lignocellulose modification processes that protect bio-based materials without the
addition of biocides. These changes, along with an update on new organic wood preservative systems, factors influencing wood biodeterioration above ground and in soil contact, wood treatment processes, registration and approval processes, applications of molecular biology in wood protection research,
and the conversion of biomass into high value carbon products and worldwide trends in wood protection, are covered in this latest ACS book.
The individual chapters were authored by a world-class group of academic and industrial scientists in order to provide a state-of-the-art review and global perspective of this rapidly changing field and reviewed by internationally recognized scientists.

Contents:

Preface ... xi ; Agents of Deterioration ; 1. Current Understanding of Brown-Rot Fungal Biodegradation Mechanisms: ; A Review ... 3 ; Valdeir Arantes and Barry Goodell ; 2. Fungal and Bacterial Biodegradation: White Rots, Brown Rots, Soft Rots, ; and Bacteria ... 23 ; Geoffrey Daniel ; 3. Omics and the Future of Sustainable Biomaterials ... 59 ; Juliet D. Tang and Susan V. Diehl ; 4. Genetic Identification of Fungi Involved in Wood Decay ... 81 ; Grant T. Kirker ; 5. Evolution of Fungal Wood Decay ... 93 ; Daniel C. Eastwood ; 6. Above Ground Deterioration of Wood and Wood-Based Materials ... 113 ; Grant Kirker and Jerrold Winandy ; 7. Wood Deterioration: Ground Contact Hazards ... 131 ; Robin Wakeling and Paul Morris ; 8. Thermal Degradation and Conversion of Plant Biomass into High Value ; Carbon Products ... 147 ; Xinfeng Xie and Barry Goodell ; 9. Termites and Timber ... 159 ; Don Ewart and Laurie J. Cookson ; Biocides ; 10. Fungicides and Insecticides Used in Wood Preservation ... 185 ; Rod Stirling and Ali Temiz ; 11. Treatment Technologies: Past and Future ... 203 ; Adam Taylor and Jeffrey J. Morrell ; 12. Copper-Based Wood Preservative Systems Used for Residential ; Applications in North America and Europe ... 217 ; Stefan Schmitt, Jun Zhang, Stephen Shields, and Tor Schultz ; 13. Microdistribution of Copper in Southern Pine Treated with Particulate ; Wood Preservatives ... 227 ; Philip D. Evans, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Holger Averdunk, Michael Turner, ; Ajay Limaye, Yutaka Kataoka, Makoto Kiguchi, and Tim J. Senden ; 14. Evaluating the Leaching of Biocides from Preservative-Treated Wood ; Products ... 239 ; Stan T. Lebow ; 15. Discussion on Prior Commercial Wood Preservation Systems That ; Performed Less Well Than Expected ... 255 ; Tor P. Schultz, Darrel D. Nicholas, and Patti Lebow ; Nonbiocidal Modification ; 16. Processes and Properties of Thermally Modified Wood Manufactured in ; Europe ... 269 ; H. Militz and M. Altgen ; 17. Wood Protection with Dimethyloldihydroxy-Ethyleneurea and Its ; Derivatives ... 287 ; Yanjun Xie, Andreas Krause, and Holger Militz ; 18. Acetylation of Wood ... 301 ; Roger M. Rowell and James P. Dickerson ; Approval Processes ; 19. ICC-ES: The Alternate Path for Building Code Recognition ... 331 ; Craig R. McIntyre ; 20. The Development of Consensus-Based Standards for Wood ; Preservatives/Protectants and Treated Wood Products ... 341 ; Colin A. McCown ; Global Trends ; 21. Wood Protection Trends in North America ... 351 ; Tor P. Schultz, Darrel D. Nicholas, and Alan F. Preston ; 22. Preservation of Wood and Other Sustainable Biomaterials in China ... 363 ; Jinzhen Cao and Xiao Jiang ; Editors' Biographies ... 385 ; Indexes ; Author Index ... 389 ; Subject Index ... 391