Seed Setting in Dendrocalamus strictus Nees. (Male Bamboo) in Himachal Pradesh

摘要

Male bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus Nees.) is a promising renewable natural resource and its benefits are spread through employment provision, income generation and environment protection. Present study was undertaken to study seed set in culms and clumps during mass flowering, to grow seedlings in nursery from seed for meeting demands for planting stock in natural forests located in Panvanoo, Kothi and Namhol in HP in the altitudinal range of 71--950 m above msl. The seed sources differed non-significantly among themselves in respect of all morphological characters. Study concluded that selection of phenotypically superior material/clumps will be useful for improved genetic gain in the extension of bamboo cultivation. Bamboo based agro-forestry models will provide high economic returns, improve the soil and will fill the gap of national forest cover providing raw material to industry and domestic use of rural community.