INTRODUCTION
Dendrocalamus asper, a bamboo species, is valued for its edible tender shoots. The food industry based
on these young shoots is well-developed and expanding rapidly. However, the available methods for its
propagation are slow and difficult for a number of reasons. The production of seeds is irregular as
flowering occurs on culms of 100- year-old plants. Like other bamboo species it is also known to be
monocarpic, i.e. flowering once before culm death. The result is a limited number of seeds available for
plantation purposes. Vegetative propagation is commonly practised in bamboo cultivation but the
plants developed will all be as old as their stock and will tend to flower and die simultaneously as the
actual age is the same in every part of the bamboo. Also, vegetative propagation through cuttings and
rhizomes is undependable due to the bulky size of the propagules and the non-availability of
propagules in the required number. They are difficult to handle and transport, and plantlet survival in
such cases is usually low [1,2]. The present paper describes a simple and efficient procedure for the in
vitro propagation of Dendrocalamus asper by internode
INTRODUCTION
Dendrocalamus asper, a bamboo species, is valued for its edible tender shoots. The food industry based
on these young shoots is well-developed and expanding rapidly. However, the available methods for its
propagation are slow and difficult for a number of reasons. The production of seeds is irregular as
flowering occurs on culms of 100- year-old plants. Like other bamboo species it is also known to be
monocarpic, i.e. flowering once before culm death. The result is a limited number of seeds available for
plantation purposes. Vegetative propagation is commonly practised in bamboo cultivation but the
plants developed will all be as old as their stock and will tend to flower and die simultaneously as the
actual age is the same in every part of the bamboo. Also, vegetative propagation through cuttings and
rhizomes is undependable due to the bulky size of the propagules and the non-availability of
propagules in the required number. They are difficult to handle and transport, and plantlet survival in
such cases is usually low [1,2]. The present paper describes a simple and efficient procedure for the in
vitro propagation of Dendrocalamus asper by internode
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