Bamboo in Construction - Your Natural Building and Natural ...

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ContentsPrefacevii1. Introduction2. Protection of Bamboo 3Natural durability 3Protection of plantations 4Protection pre- and post-harvesting by non-chemical methods 4Protection pre- and post-harvesting by chemical methods 63.

The natural durability of bamboo varies according to species. For example, Dendrocalamus strictus is known to be less resistant to termites than Dendroca-Iamus longispathus. Although the culms of a few bamboos, notably Guadua angustifolia, appear to have

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