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Multilocational field trials for selected bamboo species

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Abstract of the project proposal<br />

Project Code KFRI 494/05<br />

Title<br />

Objective<br />

<strong>Multilocational</strong> <strong>field</strong> <strong>trials</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>selected</strong> <strong>bamboo</strong> <strong>species</strong> in Kerala<br />

1. <strong>Multilocational</strong> <strong>species</strong> <strong>trials</strong>: Per<strong>for</strong>mance of eight <strong>species</strong><br />

viz. Bambusa bambos , B. tulda, B. nutans, B. balcooa,<br />

Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, D. asper, Guadua angustifolia and<br />

Ochlandra travancorica<br />

2. Spacing <strong>trials</strong>: Effect of different spacing on growth and<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance of Ochlandra travancorica<br />

3. Bamboo-based cropping systems: Intercropping in<br />

Bambusa bambos plots<br />

4. Clump management: Adoption of different practices <strong>for</strong><br />

management of congested Bambusa bambos clumps.<br />

Principal<br />

Investigator<br />

Associate<br />

V. P. Raveendran<br />

K. K. Seethalakshmi and K. K. Unni<br />

Duration Five years ( 2005-2010)<br />

Funded by<br />

National Mission on Bamboo Applications (NMBA)

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