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Vascular bundle distribution effect on density and mechanical properties of oil palm trunk
Darwis A.a, Ridho Nurrochmat D.b, Massijaya Y.b, Nugroho N.b, Alamsyah E.M.a, Bahtiar E.T.b, Safe’i R.c
a School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
b Bogor Agricultural University, Kampus IPB Darmaga, West Java, Indonesia
c Lampung University, Lampung, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Palm oil tree (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is a plant species which belong to monocotyledons. The Oil Palm Trunk (OPT) is composed of vascular bundles and parenchyma as ground tissue which determine the properties of the wood. This study was conducted to find out the effect of the vascular bundles toward the density and mechanical properties of OPT in vertical and horizontal direction. The results showed that in horizontal position (outer to the center zone of OPT), the greater number of the vascular bundles contained in trunk made the density value and the mechanical properties greater but in vertical position showed otherwise. The number of vascular bundles is not the only factor that determines the density and mechanical properties of OPT. The top section of OPT has a lower density and mechanical properties than the bottom even though the number of vascular bundles can be greater. This happens because the vascular bundles in the top are composed by the younger cells than the bottom. © 2013 Asian Network for Scientific Information.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Density and mechanical properties,Oil palm trunk,The vertical and horizontal position,Vascular bundles[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.3923/ajps.2013.208.213[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]