Nursery Techniques of Bamboo - Standardization of Planting Method

The vegetative propagation of Dendrocalamus strictus, D. membranaceus, D. hamiltonii, Bambusa tulda and B. bambos through seedlings proliferation have been studied by raising the seedlings in nursery beds with a view to reduce the nursery period to obtain massive production of tiller/rhizomes in a single phase of separation of seedlings. The results indicated that by separation of saplings through macro-proliferation after a span period of four months approximately four times of culms (tillers) and five times of rhizomes are produced in Dendrocalamus strictus, D. membranaceus, D. hamiltonii and Bambusa tulda from mother stock. The performance of Bambusa bambos is even better (5 times of culms and 6 times of rhizomes per sapling were obtained) by raising the seedlings in nursery bed by adopting better nursery practices.