Bamboo, with its high strength-to-weight ratio as a fiber-reinforced composite material, has wide applications throughout the world. Tre Gai (bambusa stenostachya) bamboo is a popular industry material in Vietnam. This paper attempts to characterize the microstructure and mechanical properties of Tre Gai bamboo through a variety of tests and models. Volume fraction of fiber sheath with radial p...

Recent advances in genomic studies and the sequenced genome information have made it possible to utilize phenotypic mutants for characterizing relevant genes at the molecular level and reveal their functions. Various mutants and strains expressing phenotypic and physiological variations provide an indispensable source for functional analysis of genes. In this review, we cover almost all of the ...

Bamboo, as a natural hierarchical cellular material, exhibits remarkable mechanical properties including excellent flexibility and fracture toughness. As far as bamboo as a functionally graded bio-composite is concerned, the interactions of different constituents (bamboo fibers; parenchyma cells; and vessels.) alongside their corresponding interfacial areas with a developed crack should be of h...

ABSTRACT Path analysis is a methodology able of splitting the correlation coefficients into direct and indirect effects, helping breeder in study quantitative traits. This aimed to use path quantify such effects on yield theoretical ethanol, exerted by variables total culm dry matter yield, soluble solids content at harvest efficiency broth extraction, agronomic average plant height harvest, nu...

Gigantochloa glabrata N. H. Xia & Y. Zeng ex D. Z. Li C. Xu, sp. nov. , a new species of paleotropical woody bamboo has been described and illustrated from Yunnan, China. The is morphologically similar to G. albociliata levis but differs them by having erect culm sheath blades; ligules 4–6 mm high, truncate, denticulate; with ring white tomentum on the intranode below node. was mistaken...