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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Wood color dyed with fungi in different days

From: Physical and mechanical properties of rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis) dyed with Lasiodiplodia theobromae

Time (days)

ΔL*

Δa*

Δb*

ΔE*

0 (untreated wood)

0

0

0

0

5

− 15.35 ± 0.90

− 0.90 ± 1.37

− 2.53 ± 1.75

15.58 ± 1.19

10

− 25.15 ± 3.89

0.02 ± 1.73

− 2.35 ± 1.37

25.26 ± 3.13

20

− 34.24 ± 2.80

− 2.05 ± 0.54

− 4.98 ± 0.56

34.66 ± 2.71

30

− 39.40 ± 2.05

− 1.69 ± 0.73

− 6.14 ± 1.15

39.91 ± 1.89

40

− 40.56 ± 1.49

− 0.60 ± 0.33

− 4.19 ± 0.85

40.78 ± 0.18