Razak Wahab and A. Mohamed and M. T. Mustafa and Affendy Hassan (2009) Physical characteristics and anatomical properties of cultivated bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris Schrad.) culms. Journal of Biological Sciences, 9 (7). pp. 753-759. ISSN 1727-3048
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Abstract
Two age-groups (2 and 4 years old culms) of cultivated Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. were harvested and investigated for their physical characteristics and anatomical properties. The physical characteristics did not show significant differences between both the 2 and 4 year-old bamboo. However, variation in anatomical properties was observed between the two age-group bamboos. The anatomical structure in bamboo has a very strong correlation with the age, location where the samples were taken, moisture content and the basic density. The basic density is higher in the 4 year-old culms than in the 2 year-old by 5 to 8% and increases from lower to upper internodes showing that there is a maturation process going on between the two age-groups relative to the two of tissue types. The frequency of vascular bundles is greater at the bottom and top portion than in the middle portion of both age-groups. There was no difference in vessel diameter between the 2 and 4 year-old culms at the middle of the culms wall thickness. The cell wall thickness of both parenchyma and fibre were greater in the 4 year-old than in the 2 year-old culms. © 2009 Asian Network for Scientific Information.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | 2 Age-group culms, Bambusa vulgaris cultivated bamboo, Physical characteristics and anatomy properties |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > SD Forestry |
| Department: | SCHOOL > School of International Tropical Forestry |
| Depositing User: | ADMIN ADMIN |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Mar 2011 17:39 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2017 16:20 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/2303 |
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