Guadua angustifolia Kunth: Effect of age on growth, culm morphology, and biomass production
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Guadua, age, growth, morphology, biomassAbstract
The present study was investigated to document the effect of age on growth, culm morphology, and biomass production in Guadua angustifolia Kunth, a commercially important bamboo species, at the ICFRE - Institute of Wood Science and Technology (ICFRE-IWST), Bengaluru, in 2023. Five different-aged culms, viz., 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old culm in the 10-year-old clump were used in this study. The results showed that culm age significantly influenced various parameters. The 1-year-old culms had the highest commercial height and mean leaf breadth, while the 2-year-old culms exhibited the maximum total culm height. The 3-year-old culms had the highest mean leaf length and branch diameter. In contrast, the 5-year old culms displayed the lowest values for total culm height, commercial height, mean leaf length, leaf breadth, and branch diameter. The 1-year-old culms had the maximum number of nodes per culm and wall thickness at the base, while the 3-year-old culms showed the highest node diameter and wall thickness at the 5th node. The 5-year-old culms exhibited the highest internodal length at the 5th node. Total culm biomass was maximum in 1-year-old culms (28.4 kg) and minimum in 5-year-old culms (11.02 kg). Leaf and branch biomass followed a similar trend. A strong negative correlation between bamboo parameters was observed, and best-fit regression models were developed for all parameters, including significant linear relationships between culm green weight and culm solid volume for all culm age classes.
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