Research Article

Assessment of Density and Anatomical Features of Young and Old Bambusa vulgaris (Schrad. ex J.C. Wendl.) Culm Heights as Sustainable Structural Material in Ghana

Table 8

ANOVA for tissue proportion of Bambusa vulgaris.

SourcedfParenchymaVesselFiber
-value valueVar. (%)-value valueVar. (%)-value valueVar. (%)

Bamboo age (BA)136.2930.00143.62.4920.121ns524.3700.00134.1
Culm height (CH)14.5120.0398.80.2200.641ns0.56.8300.01212.7
Tissue location (TL)2217.0840.00190.27.8820.00125.1169.7270.00187.8
BA × CH10.0300.863ns0.10.6570.422ns1.40.7590.388ns1.6
BA × TL21.9460.154ns7.60.0910.913ns0.42.8260.069ns10.7
CH × TL20.4770.624ns20.2160.807ns0.90.1920.826ns0.8
BA × CH × TL20.1350.874ns0.60.0450.956ns0.20.1920.826ns0.8

Note. significant at ; significant at ; ns: not significant.