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CARIE SPONGIEUSE [2 records]

Record 1 2000-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

In wood, any decay or rot that, in its advanced stage, becomes soft and yielding in texture, e.g. of Polyporus hispidus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Pourriture du bois qui, dans un stade avancé, comporte une texture molle.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

A special type of rot, developing under very wet conditions ... in the outer wood layers, caused by cellulose-destroying microfungi, e.g. chaetomium ssp. that attack the secondary cell walls and not the intercellular layer.

OBS

soft sap rot: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Altération caractérisée par un ramollissement superficiel du bois qui acquiert une teinte grisâtre et présente souvent, en outre, un fendillement dans les directions longitudinale et transversale.

OBS

pourriture molle : terme normalisé par l'ISO et par l'AFNOR; ramollissement : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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