Gregarious flowering in Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees in Mussoorie Hills, Uttarakhand, India
1 Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. India.
2 Department of Forestry, Dolphin (PG) Institute of Biomedical and Natural Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
3 IFS, Mussoorie Forest Division, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.
Review Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021, 15(03), 124–126.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2021.15.3.0154
Publication history:
Received on 01 May 2021; revised on 04 June 2021; accepted on 07 June 2021
Abstract:
Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees has started flowering and synchronous flowering can be observed in the hillslopes and roadside of Mussoorie and vicinity areas. The synchronous flowering of D. strictus was observed in few locations along hillslopes of Mussoorie – Dehradun roadway. The GPS locations of the site are 30024’55’ N and 7804’41’E, 30024’52” N and 7804’43” E and 30024’49” and 7804’43” E at an elevation of around 1130 msl. The bamboo clumps were overladen with flowers showing synchronous flowering.
Keywords:
Bamboo flowering; Monocarpic; Flowering cycle; Remote sensing; Germplasm Bank
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