2011 Volume 52 Issue 2 Article ID: jjom.H22-09
The effects of Trichoderma spp. on wood degradation were examined using five basidiomycetes, i.e., Fomitopsis palustris, Trametes versicolor, and three wild strains. To measure block mass losses, blocks of Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica) were covered with four Trichoderma spp. strains immobilized on heat-treated (240−280℃) wood particles and exposed to the basidiomycetes at 25℃ for 8−12 weeks. Each strain caused inhibition of wood degradation. ANCT-05013 provided the strongest inhibition, although inhibition was lost by heat sterilization. Mass losses without the immobilized Trichoderma spp. were 20−87%, but were only 16% and 2−3% with ANCT-05013 after exposure to T. versicolor and the other basidiomycetes, respectively.
