This chapter focused on the anatomical characteristics and microstructures of Gigantochloa scortechinii, a three-year-old tropical bamboo species. The bamboo culms were chosen at random and felled from forest bamboo stands controlled by the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), with the age of each culm appropriately marked. The bamboo culms were chopped at a height of around 30 cm above the ground. At DBH, all culms had diameters ranging from 10 to 12 cm. Before being transferred to the workshop and subsequent laboratories, the cut surface was painted with an end-coating paint. The efficiency of the selected chemicals and their application procedures in treating the bamboo culms was investigated using electron microscopy with high magnification. At the level of tissue cells, the scanning electron microscope was employed extensively, whereas the transmission electron microscope was used at the level of cell walls. The study focused on tissue such as vascular bundles, fibres, parenchyma, and regions in the middle lamella situated at the internodes and nodes of chemically treated bamboo culms at the bottom, middle, and top of the bamboo culms at the middle cross sections. The untreated bamboo culms were used as a comparison. While the properties of bamboo culms remained stable as they grew higher, their morphological elements and microstructure changed, according to the research. The discrepancies between SEM and TEM micrographs were also examined by the researchers.

Author(s) Details:

Razak Wahab,
Centre of Excellence in Wood Engineered Products (CeWEP), 96000 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia and  University of Technology Sarawak (UTS), 96000 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Mohamad Saiful Sulaiman,
Centre of Excellence in Wood Engineered Products (CeWEP), 96000 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia and  University of Technology Sarawak (UTS), 96000 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Sofiyah Mohd Razali,
Centre of Excellence in Wood Engineered Products (CeWEP), 96000 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Nasihah Mokhtar,
Centre of Excellence in Wood Engineered Products (CeWEP), 96000 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia and  University of Technology Sarawak (UTS), 96000 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Taharah Edin,
Centre of Excellence in Wood Engineered Products (CeWEP), 96000 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia and  University of Technology Sarawak (UTS), 96000 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Ros Syazmini Mohd Ghani,
Centre of Excellence in Wood Engineered Products (CeWEP), 96000 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia and University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS 7250, Australia.

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