Razak Wahab and Mohd Tamizi Mustapa and Mahmud Sudin and Janshah Moktar (2007) Durability assessment of preservatives treated Bambusa vulgaris in unsterile soil burial tests. Research Journal of Microbiology, 2 (6). pp. 504-508. ISSN 1816-4935
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Abstract
Cultivated Bambusa vulgaris at internodes 6, 7 and 8 of 2 and 4 years old culms were chemically treated with preservatives Ammoniacal-copper-quaternary (ACQ), Borax-Boric Acid (BBA) and Copper-chrome Arsenate (CCA). Preservatives strength at 1, 2, 4 and 8% were introduced to the bamboo through vacuum impregnation, soaking and high pressure sap-displacement processes. Unsterile soil laboratory burial laboratory tests were then conducted on the bamboo blocks taken from internodes 7. At the end of the testing period (8 weeks), the 2 year-old B. vulgaris were found to experiences higher weight loss than the 4 year-old to attack of decaying fungi. The treatment process of vacuum impregnation proved to be better than soaking and high pressure sap-displacement with the treated blocks showing lower weight loss against decaying fungi. This is followed by soaking and high pressure sap-displacement processes. The 4% preservatives solution strength was found to be sufficient in controlling the decaying fungi.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Bambusa vulgaris, laboratory test, soft rot, resistance to decaying fungi, weight loss |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > SB Plant culture |
| Department: | FACULTY > Faculty of Science and Natural Resources |
| Depositing User: | MUNIRA BINTI MARASAN - |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2018 11:40 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2018 11:40 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19393 |
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