Research Article | Published: 01 March 2011

Clonal Propagation of important Bamboo species through branch cuttings

Rajesh Kaushal, Y. A. Gulabrao, Salil Kumar Tewari, Sumit Chaturvedi and Ratan Lal Banik

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 34 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 29-34 | 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2011-N6EN6N | Cite this article

Abstract

Primary and secondary branch cuttings of eight different bamboo species viz., Bambusa balcooa, B. bambos, B. nutans, B. tulda, B. vulgaris, Dendrocalamus asper, D. giganteus and D. hamiltonii were studied for their rooting potential. Primary branch cuttings were given 200 ppm IBA treatment and control treatment for 8 hours. Secondary branch cuttings were treated with 4000 ppm IBA for one minute. The study revealed following order of rooting: B. vulgaris> Bambusa balcoa> D. hamiltonii> D. giganteus> B. bambos> B. tulda>B. nutans> D. asper. Application of 200 ppm IBA was found to enhance the rooting and sprouting parameters. In secondary branch cuttings, all the species except B. vulgaris failed to produce root.

Keywords

National Bamboo Mission, Clumps, Misting, Error term distributed, Endogenous, Indole Butyric Acid

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Kaushal, R., Gulabrao, Y.A., Tewari, S.K., Chaturvedi, S. and Banik, R.L., 2011. Clonal Propagation of important Bamboo species through branch cuttings. Indian Journal of Forestry, 34(1), pp.29-34. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2011-N6EN6N

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