Vegetative Propagation through Air Layering of <I>Guadua angustifolia</I> Kunth. - a Commercially Important Bamboo

Praveen Kumar Verma; Niren Das; P. K. Kaushik; V. Kumar; Alok Yadav

doi:10.36808/if/2013/v139i12/44416

Vegetative Propagation through Air Layering of Guadua angustifolia Kunth. - a Commercially Important Bamboo

Authors

Praveen Kumar Verma Rain Forest Research Institute Deovan Sotai Ali, Post Box # 136, Jorhat -785001 (Assam)
Niren Das Rain Forest Research Institute Deovan Sotai Ali, Post Box # 136, Jorhat -785001 (Assam)
P. K. Kaushik Rain Forest Research Institute Deovan Sotai Ali, Post Box # 136, Jorhat -785001 (Assam)
V. Kumar Environment Management, ICFRE, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Alok Yadav Environment Management, ICFRE, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2013/v139i12/44416

Keywords:

Air-layering, Guadua angustifolia, Rooting, Vegetative Propagation

Abstract

Guadua angustifolia Kunth. tree is a potential resource as structural and ornamental building material due to its high mechanical strength. The air layering of side branches of G. angustifolia using dry Sphagnum khasinum moss as substrate has initiated early rooting in rainy season compared to winter season as well as control conditions.

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