Bamboo The Plant and its Uses /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Liese, Walter (Editor), Köhl, Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Tropical Forestry, 10
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant ecology.; Forestry.; Plant science.; Botany.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Ecology.

This book presents the state-of-the-art knowledge on bamboo.  It starts with an introduction to the plant’s biology, its taxonomy, habitat, morphology and growth. The cultivation of bamboo is discussed in terms of silviculture, pests and diseases, and harvesting techniques. The book is completed by...

Table of Contents:

• Bamboo Taxonomy Habitat
• Important Bamboo Species
• Morphology  Growth
• Resources, Yield and Volume
• Bamboo Silviculture
• Pests and Diseases of Bamboos
• Harvesting Technique
• Properties of The Bamboo Culm
• Preservation And Drying of Bamboo
• Utilization of Bamboo.