Phyllostachys pubescens chips of 5 mm-thick were soften by microwave-heating in order to study the effects of microwave power, time, initial moisture content of specimens on the softening process. An orthogonal experiment method was employed to analyze and optimize the softening process. The results show that microwave-heating improved the softening effect of the chips, and the bending radius reached 5 cm when the microwave power was 500 W, processing time w...