Dendrocalamus Asper Tissue Culture Bamboo Plant

Local Name

• Sweet Bamboo
• Rough bamboo

Uses

Building material for Houses, Bridges, Cooking pots, Laminated Boards, Furnitures, Musical Instruments, Chopsticks and Handicrafts.

Characteristics

• Culm length – up to 30 cm 
• Culm diameter – 20 cm 
• Internode length – 30 cm 
• Wall thickness – Hollow culms with thick wall especially at the base 

Distribution

It is an exotic species cultivated in the Northeastern states as the shoots are the edible form of food. It can also be grown in south Indian states of Kerala, and parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.  

Cultivation Conditions

• Altitude - Grows well in plains and in hilly tracts up to 2000 m altitude. 
• Soil type - Prefers well drained black soils, Sandy clay loam or shallow lateritic soil mixed with fine sandy clay. Good drainage is essential.  

Climatic Conditions

It prefers a sub-tropical climate to tropical climate. Prefers tropical to sub-tropical regions with the altitude of 400 – 500 m with an average rainfall of 2400 mm. 

Advantages of Tissue Culture Plants

• True to the type 
• High market value & High yield and quality
• High biomass yielding plant
• Energy can be generated
• Throughout the year plantation possible
• Disease free Plants.
• Genetically pure and identical to mother plant.
• Uniform and high yield.
• Mass production at less time and at less cost.
• Season independent.