Comparison of New Culm Production in Treated and Untreated Bamboo Forests of Asifabad forest Division, Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

The relation between new culm production and the number of old culms was worked out for natural untreated forest of bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus) and compared with the percentage of new culm production in bamboo forests under regular felling on a four year cycle. It was seen that production of new culms in the treated crop is about double that of the untreated crop. The observation is based on a single year's data and seems to indicate the wide difference in new culm production between a treated bamboo forest and an untreated one.