The Effect of Different Vegetable Oils on Cedar Wood Surface Energy: Theoretical and Experimental Fungal Adhesion

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Electron micrographs of Penicillium commune (PDLd”) (a–f) and Thielavia hyalocarpa (g–l) spores adhered on to untreated and treated wood, visualized by environmental scanning electron microscopy. (a, g) untreated wood, (b, h) olive oil treatment, (c, i) sunflower oil treatment, (d, j) rapeseed oil treatment, (e, k) linseed oil treatment, and (f, l) argan oil treatment.

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