Table 4.
Weight of rust powder (mg) in post-screwed holes

Species Parashorea smythiesii Parashorea tomentella Overall average % loss (%)
Bottom Middle Top Bottom Middle Top
Chaetomium globosum 3.6op 3.4op 3.0p 3.2p 2.8p 2.6p 3.1e
Lentinus lepideus 27.8abcdefghi 15.8fghijklmnop 25.6bcdefghijk 19.6efghijklmn 26.2abcdefghij 30.0abcdefg 24.17b
Phlebia brevispora 12.4ijklmnop 11.8jklmnop 10.8jklmnop 23.4cdefghijkl 24.4bcdefghijk 23.0cdefghijklm 17.63c
Polyporus arcularius 25.8abcdefghij 38.4abc 28.8abcdefg 22.6defghijklm 25.0bcdefghijk 23.6cdefghijkl 27.37ab
Polyporus sp. 8.4lmnop 3.0p 1.2p 20.6efghijklmn 19.0efghijklmno 7.4mnop 9.93d
Pycnoporus sanguineus 5.4nop 12.8hijklmnop 16.8fghijklmnop 15.6ghijklmnop 36.6abcd 5.0nop 15.37c
Schizophyllum commune 22.0defghijklm 22.0defghijklm 31.4abcdef 41.4a 33.6abcde 39.6ab 31.67a
Tyromyces palustris 5.6nop 2.0p 10.0klmnop 29.6abcdefg 28.4abcdefgh 19.4efghijklmn 15.83c
Average % loss of bottom part 13.88 22.00 17.94
Average % loss of middle part 13.65 24.50 19.08
Average % loss of top part 15.95 18.83 17.39
Overall average % loss (%) 14.49b 21.78a
Remarks: Numbers in the column as well as in the row followed horizontally, and overall average weight loss values in each column and row followed by same letters are not significantly different (Tukey test, p≤0.05).