A study was conducted to determine the feasibility of manufacturing single layer urea particleboards (UF boards) from Bambusa vulgaris and admixtures of B. vulgaris and other common Malaysia wood species (i.e., Gmelina arborea and Acacia mangium). The properties of UF boards manufactured from the...

This paper discusses the structural parameters of bamboos and rattan which are to be considered in the impregnation of polymers as used in the production of wood polymer composites.

This paper describes the various aspects considered in previous structural research on bamboos (vascular bundle types, nodal influences, rhizome as the culm's base, starch as energy reservoir and ageing of culms), and rattan (generic differentiation, modifications due to ageing, commercial versus...

This paper outlines the needs and gaps in the production and utilization research of bamboo, rattan and palmstem in the year 2000.

The vascular bundle types, influence of nodes, rhizome, starch, aging of culms, and wound reactions in bamboo and the influences of these structures on the treatability of culms are discussed.

The shoot growth, gross anatomical structure and natural resistance and preservation of bamboos are discussed.

This book contains 32 research and review papers which provide in-depth information on the biology, embryology, cytology, ecology, silviculture and utilization of plantation bamboos in South and South East Asia.

This paper discusses the biology (identification and taxonomy, growth habits, flowering, silviculture), anatomical and structural properties, and utilization of bamboos with emphasis on the different areas intended for future research, viz., chemical properties, physical and mechanical properties,...

This paper discusses the service life of bamboo, treatability of bamboo culms, traditional methods for the protection of bamboo, such as non-chemical treatments (curing smoking, whitewashing, soaking), construction methods, and chemical treatments (fumigation, brushing and spraying, and butt-end,...

The degradation of several Asian bamboo species by white-, brown-, and soft-rot fungi was investigated under laboratory conditions by means of different test methods. Severe deterioration was caused by all three fungi types. The bamboo species differed in durability. Samples from 6 months young...