Environment-friendly short-term protection of bamboo against molding.

Abstract

The protection of the bamboo species Bambusa stenostachya and Thyrostachys siamensis against molds was investigated with environment-friendly chemicals in the laboratory. Samples were treated with various organic acids and their salts. Mold growth on the specimens was evaluated 1,2,4 and 8 weeks after inoculation with a conidia mixture of six molds isolated from bamboos in Vietnam. A second experiment used specimens with the natural flora from the culms and from sample processing. Treatment with 10% acetic acid and 7% propionic acid, respectively, inhibited mold growth