PREVALENT WOOD DEFECTS AND BIODETERIORATION AGENTS IN TIMBER SHEDS OF YOLA NORTH AND YOLA SOUTH.....

The study detected and catalogued the various types of flaws, biodeterrents, and disease symptoms of wood in Yola North and South Local Government Areas' timber sheds. The data was collected at three large timber sheds in the two LGAs (A- Numan Road Jimeta, B- Jimeta by-pass, and C- Tashan Sani Ribadu). Types of wood species, nature of flaws, bug types, and illness symptoms were among the information gathered. The results show that there were 15 different types of wood in the sheds, divided into 14 different families. Collapse, knots, and shakes, as well as cross grain, warping, machine notches, and split, were all seen. Fungi, termites, and insects were discovered as bio degradation agents, with illness signs including black stain, blue stain, brown rot, heart rot, white rot, dry rot, and decay. Several biodeterrenting chemicals have also been discovered to affect the majority of wood species. Similarly, common fungal infections discovered in wood by researchers can be detected in the study area. As a result, it is stated that the majority of the wood sold in the research area is vulnerable to destruction and, as a result, value loss due to numerous environmental flaws and activities of bio-deterioration agents.

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