Recent Advances in Bamboo Research

Contents: Preface. 1. Research on bamboo/W. Liese. 2. Bamboo in the Indian pulp industry/N.S. Adkoli. 3. Tree improvement in bamboo/C. Surendran, M. Paramathma and B. Balaji. 4. Establishment and management techniques for bamboo plantation forests/P. Shanmughavel and R.S. Peddappaiah. 5. Recent advances in bamboo production research in the Philippines/F.D. Virtucio, C.A. Roxas and C.D. Apolinar. 6. Planting of selected Malaysian bamboos/Abd. Razak Othman. 7. Structural research issues on bamboo/W. Liese. 8. Demand and supply position of bamboos in Tamilnadu/S. Balaji. 9. Commercial exploitation of Medri bamboo—an economic analysis/A.N. Yellappa Reddy, G.V. Sugur, T.K. Kawari and R. Lokesh. 10. Anatomy and utilization of bamboos/W. Liese. 11. Evaluation of bamboo plantations raised from in-vitro plants in Tamilnadu/P. Shanmughavel and R.S. Peddappaiah. 12. Properties of six erect bamboo species grown in the Philippines/Zenita B. Espiloy and Enrique B. Espiloy, Jr. 13. Isolation of phytosterols from fresh and fermented succulent bamboo shoots grown in Manipur and their bioconversion into Androsta—1, 4- Diene –3, 17—Dione/Kananbala Sarangthem, L. Janmejay Singh and R.C. Srivastava. 14. The protection of bamboo against deterioration/W. Liese. 15. Problems of bamboo management and their solutions/Shyam Lal. 16. Urea particle board from Bambusa vulgaris Schrad/Chew Lian Teck, Nurulhuda Mohd. Nasir and Jamaludin Kasim. 17. Mortality in Katang bans (Bambusa arundinacae) in Madhya Pradesh/N.G. Totey, Arun Prasad, A.K. Bhowmik and P.K. Khatri. 18. Structural research on bamboo and rattan for their wider utilization/W. Liese. 19. Properties and uses of important bamboo species of Bangladesh/M.A. Sattar. 20. The co-incidence of bamboo flowering and famine in Mizoram/H. Lalramnghinglova. 21. Socio-economic problems of bamboo workers/P. Devaraj and B. Lakshmidevi. 22. Structure and functions of the nodes in bamboo/W. Liese and Y. Ding. 23. Bamboos for community forestry programme/P. Shanmughavel and R.S. Peddappaiah. 24. Influence of spacing on the growth of bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus)/S.L. Madiwalar, S.M. Mutanal, S.J. Patil and B.S. Nadagoudar. 25. Production and utilization of bamboo and related species in the year – 2000/W. Liese. 26. Biological aspects of bamboo and rattan for quality improvement by polymer impregnation/W. Liese. 27. Methodology to evaluate the productivity and nutrient dynamics in bamboo plantations/P. Shanmughavel. 28. Introduction of bamboo in social forestry/P. Shanmughavel. 29. Treatments to enhance durability of bamboo in service—a review/P. Shanmughavel. 30. Studies on growth and development of culms in plantation bamboo/P. Shanmughavel. 31. Advantages and disadvantages of different methods of treatment of bamboo/P. Shanmughavel. 32. The efficient utilization of plantation bamboo/P. Shanmughavel.

"Bamboos represent one of the worlds great natural and renewable resources. The relatively limited amount of research that has been done on bamboos belies their importance to tropical, subtropical and even temperate economics. Improved bamboo production and management schemes are central to fuller, yet responsible exploitation of these important resources. Obviously, information from basic research is fundamental to improved capability, considered planning and decision making. This book "Recent Advances in Bamboo Research" is a unique, comprehensive book and provides up-to-date information to recent areas of research in bamboo. This book is extremely useful for researchers, foresters and scientists in the field of forestry."