Invited Commentary | Published: 31 December 2020

Shooting and Rooting Behaviour in Relation to Season, Age and Growing Conditions of Dendrocalamus asper Backer

Reena Joshi, Salil Kumar Tewari and Rajesh Kaushal

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 27 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 56-60 | 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2020-51Y0G1 | Cite this article

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at Agroforestry Research Centre, of G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar to assess the effect of age (one and two year old), growing condition (intermittent misting and no misting) and different seasons (summer, monsoon, autumn and spring) on rooting and shooting of culm cuttings of Dendrocalamus asper. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with three replications. The findings indicated that in D. asper, one year old culm cuttings in the intermittent misting condition showed good results. The findings also indicated that shooting and rooting per cent of culm cuttings planted in different season showed response as Spring (March)> Summer (June)> Monsoon (August)> Autumn (October).

Keywords

Culm cutting, Dendrocalamus asper, rooting behaviour, shooting behaviour

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Joshi, R., Tewari, S.K. and Kaushal, R., 2020. Shooting and Rooting Behaviour in Relation to Season, Age and Growing Conditions of Dendrocalamus asper Backer. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 27(1), pp.56-60. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2020-51Y0G1

Publication History

Manuscript Received on 22 September 2020

Manuscript Revised on 19 November 2020

Manuscript Accepted on 22 November 2020

Manuscript Published on 31 December 2020

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