Effect of Limited Watering on Survival and Establishment of Bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus Roxb.) on Denuded Hills of Aravallis

A field study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of limited watering levels on survival and initial establishment and growth of bamboo during July 1990 to November, 1992. The treatments consisted of four levels of water W₀, IW₁ , IW₂ and SW₁₀ (0, 1, 2 and 10 litres water). One and two litres of water was applied through sub-soil injectors and 10 litres as surface application. In all 7 watering were provided in each year during October (at an interval of 45 days) and February to June (at an interval of30 days). In the first year, SW₁₀ treatment recorded maximum survival, which was statistically at part with IW₂. Watering in the second year had no effect on survival. However, successive increase in watering levels had significantly enhanced production of culms. At the end of experimentation (28 MAP) treatment SW ₁₀ produced maximum culms with highest diameter. However, treatment IW₂ came out at par with SW10 for many important parameters.