Title:

Silvicultural management for seed setting in sporadically flowered Bambusa tulda Roxb.

Authors:

Nimmy Srivastava, Suraj Kumar, Satish Kumar, Rameshwar Das and S. Nath

Abstract:

Inventories on flowering bamboo is not adequate in our country for ensuring seed availability and maintenance of bamboo germplasm.In the present article the flowering behaviour of Bambusa tulda Roxb., a sympodial bamboo species endemic to eastern and north-eastern parts of India has been studied from the bamboo ex-situ conservation garden, Bambusetum and vegetative propagation nursery established at the Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi, Jharkhand, during 2008 to 2010.

Keywords:

Sporadic flowering, culm flowering pattern, seed setting, silvicultural management, Bambusa tulda

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