NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN FORESTRY Latest Varieties/ Clones/
Technologies, FC&RI, Mettupalayam Parentage: Clonal selection
and multiplication Rotation: 30 -36 months Season: Planting
during rainy season Yield: 100t/ha (wood) 33.3% increase over
local type Highest yield obtained: 125t/ha (wood yield) Bamboos
are the versatile trees, which flowers only in its cycle
(40-60years) and dies what is popularly known as
parthenogenesis. Hence, seed availability is very less at the
same time the seed are less viable. This difficulty promoted
bamboo propagation through two nodal culm cutting with rooting
hormone treatment. This conventional techniques accounts only
less than 25 percent success rate. The present technology is
developed using entire culm without rooting hormone treatment
and achieved 50 percent rooting. Remove one year old culm from
the matured mother clump at 5-10 years growth stage. Care should
be taken to remove the culm without damaging the culm as well as
mother clump. The removed culm should be delimbed c