Macroscopic and Microscopic Characteristics of 2- and 4-Year-Old Schizostachyum brachycladum

Abstract

Anatomical of cell wall structure on Schizostachyum brachycladum examined. The harvested two-year-old and four-year-old bamboo culms segregated into the bottom, middle and top portions. The samples then undergo the Light Microscopy (LM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) to determine their structure such as a vascular bundle, parenchyma, and sclerenchyma. Results show the surface of bamboo was visualized by LM to decide on their structural figure. In this part, 2-year age indicated that higher numbers of vascular bundle and average of mean compared to the 4-year S. brachycladum. Followed by a specific study of cell wall structure using SEM with highlighted 4-year S. brachycladum had more complex of morphology structure compared to the 2-year-old. Later on, TEM illustrated to shows most depth anatomically structure of bamboo such as middle lamella, primary and secondary walls.

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“…A few techniques usually illustrate the specimen through microscopic analysis. The SEM was reported by Sulaiman et al [19] for producing a scanned image at the spatial resolution and in a low acceleration voltage area. The study investigated the changes in 10-and 15-years-old Tectona grandis before and after heat treatment through SEM observations.…”