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Field investigations of selectively treated bamboo species

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In the present study, eco-friendly treatment of D. strictus bamboo species was performed using traditional water leaching method and smoking and plant extract (neem oil, cedar oil, jatropha cake extract, aqueous extract of leafy biomass of lantana and jatropha leaves). Control samples were damaged up to 60 % within 3 months and completely destroyed within 6 months of exposure to termites. Results of field investigations were found to be in conformity with laboratory findings of earlier investigations. Though, both traditional treatments of bamboo were able to provide protection better than control sample yet full protection in field was not achieved. Copperised neem oil treated bamboo specimens were found to be the most durable samples up to 3 years of exposure to field conditions.

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  1. Centre for Rural Development and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

    Perminder Jit Kaur, Santosh Satya & S. N. Naik

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

    K. K. Pant

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Kaur, P.J., Pant, K.K., Satya, S. et al. Field investigations of selectively treated bamboo species. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 74, 771–773 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-016-1055-9

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