Corn stalk pretreated with white-rot fungus Trametes hirsute was used to produce fiberboard by hot
pressing without adhesive. The moduli of rupture and elasticity of the corn-stalk-based fiberboard were
increased 3.40- and 8.87-fold when bio-pretreated rather than untreated corn stalk was used. Fourier
transform infra-red spectroscopy,